أَنتَ المُجيرُ وَمَن تُجِر تَعقِد لَهُ

عِندَ الجِوارِ أَشَدَّ عَقدِ جِوارِ

You are the shelterer, and whoever you shelter,

You tie for them the strongest bond of refuge.

ما زِلتُ في لَهَواتِ لَيثٍ مُخدِرٍ

حَتّى تَدارَكَني أَبو سَيّارِ

I continued in the vanities of a slumbering lion

Until Abu Sayyar came to my rescue.

أَلقى إِلَيَّ عَلى شَقائِقِ هُوَّةٍ

حَبلاً شَديداً غارَةَ الإِمرارِ

He threw down to me, on the cheeks of a deep abyss,

A strong rope, to cross over in haste.

حَبلاً أَخَذتُ بِهِ فَنَجّاني بِهِ

رَبّي بِنِعمَةِ مُدرِكٍ غَفّارِ

A rope I took hold of, and with it he saved me -

My Lord, with the grace of a forgiving savior.

أَرجو الخُروجَ بِخالِدٍ وَبِخالِدٍ

يُجلى العَشا لِكَواسِفِ الأَبصارِ

I hope to go out with Khalid, and with Khalid

The thickets are cleared for the glancing eyes.

إِنّي وَجَدتُ لِخالِدٍ في قَومِهِ

ضَوءَينِ قَد ذَهَبا بِكُلِّ نَهارِ

For Khalid I found among his people

Two lights that took away all daylight.

في الشِركِ قَد سَبَقا بِكُلِّ كَريمَةٍ

تَعلو القَبائِلَ كُلَّ يَومِ فَخارِ

In excellence they surpassed every noble virtue

That makes the tribes proud each passing day.

أَمّا البُيوتُ فَقَد بَنَيتُم فَوقَها

بَيتاً بِأَطوَلِ أَدرُعٍ وَسَواري

As for the houses, you have built above them

A house with the tallest suits of armor and bracelets.

بَيتاً بِهِ رَفَعَ المُعَلّى مَجدَهُم

لِبَنيهِ يَومَ تَفاضُلِ الأَخطارِ

A house with which the Glorious raised their glory

For his sons on the day of competing dangers.