سَمَونا لِنَجرانِ اليَماني وَأَهلِهِ

وَنَجرانُ أَرضٌ لَم تُدَيَّث مُقاوِلُه

We sought refuge with Najran the Yemeni and his people,

And Najran is a land whose valleys were never trodden by men,

بِمُختَلِفِ الأَصواتِ تَسمَعُ وَسطَهُ

كَرِزِّ القَطا لا يَفقَهُ الصَوتَ قائِلُه

Amidst the varying voices you can hear it echoing,

Like the cooing of pigeons whose warbling cannot be understood,

لَنا أَمرُهُ لا تُعرَفُ البُلقُ وَسطَهُ

كَثيرُ الوَغى مِن كُلِّ حَيٍّ قَبائِلُه

It is up to us, its features cannot be recognized amidst it,

The tumult of its many tribes from every quarter,

كَأَنَّ بَناتِ الحارِثِيِّينَ وَسطَهُم

ظِباءُ صَريمٍ لَم تُفَرَّج غَياطِلُه

As if amongst them the daughters of Harith singing,

Shy oryx does not reveal their veils,

إِذا حانَ مِنهُ مَنزِلٌ أَوقَدَت بِهِ

لِأُخراهُ في أَعلى اليَفاعِ أَوائِلُه

Whenever their camp comes to a halt, its first men kindle a fire with it,

Lighting up the high crags,

تَظَلُّ بِهِ الأَرضُ الفَضاءُ مُعَضِّلاً

وَتَجهَرُ أَسدامَ المِياهِ قَوابِلُه

The open land remains shadowed by its zigzagging,

And the torrent's pools roar loudly,

تَرى عافِياتِ الطَيرِ قَد وَثَّقَت لَها

بِشِبعٍ مِنَ السَخلِ العِتاقِ مَنازِلُه

You can see the birds in peace have secured for themselves,

Abodes of lofty acacia trees amidst abundant forage,

إِذا فَزِعوا هَزّوا لِواءَ اِبنِ حابِسٍ

وَنادَوا كَريماً خَيمُهُ وَشَمائِلُه

When they are panicked they shake the standard of Ibn Habes,

And call for the generous one whose abode and signs are sublime,

سَعى بِتِراتٍ لِلعَشيرَةِ أَدرَكَت

حَفيظَةَ ذي فَضلٍ عَلى مَن يُفاضِلُه

He hastened with help for his clan and reached,

The protected land of the virtuous over the one who rivals him,

فَأَدرَكَها وَاِزدادَ مَجداً وَرِفعَةً

وَخَيراً وَأَحظى الناسِ بِالخَيرِ فاعِلُه

Thus did he attain more glory, stature and goodness,

And the doer of good meets good,

أَرى أَهلَ نَجرانَ الكَواكِبَ بِالضُحى

وَأَدرَكَ فيهِم كُلَّ وِترٍ يُحاوِلُه

I see the people of Najran as planets at dawn,

And amongst them achieves every aspiration,

وَصَبَّحَ أَهلَ الجَوفِ وَالجَوفُ آمِنٌ

بِمِثلِ الدَبا وَالدَهرُ جَمٌّ بَلابِلُه

And he brought morning to the people of Al-Jawf, and Al-Jawf feels secure,

With the likes of eternity while fate brings to it tribulations,

فَظَلَّ عَلى هَمدانَ يَومٌ أَتاهُمُ

بِنَحسِ نُحوسٍ ظَهرُهُ وَأَصائِلُه

And on Hamdan came a day that brought them,

Misfortune of misfortunes both evident and concealed,

وَكِندَةُ لَم يَترُك لَهُم ذا حَفيظَةٍ

وَلا مَعقِلاً إِلّا أُبيحَت مَعاقِلُه

And Kindah did not leave them one protected,

Or a refuge but their refuges were violated,