لَنا عَدَدٌ يُربي عَلى عَدَدُ الحَصى

وَيُضعِفُ أَضعافاً كَثيراً عَذيرُها

We have a number that grows to exceed

The number of pebbles, and multiplies manifold its excuses

وَما حُمِّلَت أَضغانُنا مِن قَبيلَةٍ

فَتَحمِلَ ما يُلقى عَلَيها ظُهورُها

And none of our burdens have been borne

By a tribe, so they bear what is placed upon their backs

إِذا ما اِلتَقى الأَحياءُ ثُمَّ تَفاخَروا

تَقاصَرَ عِندَ الحَنظَلِيَّ فُخورُها

When the living come together and then boast

Before Al-Hanthalyy pride is diminished

وَإِن عُدَّتِ الأَحسابُ يَوماً وَجَدتَها

يَصيرُ إِلى حَيَّي تَميمٍ مَصيرُها

And if the counts of genealogies were made one day you’d find

That it leads to my tribe of Tamim their endpoint

وَإِن نَفَرَ الأَحياءُ يَومَ عَظيمَةٍ

تَحاقَرَ في حَيَّي تَميمٍ نُفورُها

And if the living disperse one day of great matters

In my tribe of Tamim their aversion is belittled

نَمَتني قُرومٌ مِن تَميمٍ وَخِلتُها

إِلَيها تَناهى مَجدُ أُدٍّ وَخَيرُها

I was raised by lineages from Tamim and their nobility

To it the glory of Udd and its goodness comes to an end

تَميمٌ هُمُ قَومي فَلا تَعدِلَنَّهُم

بِحَيٍّ إِذا اِعتَزَّ الأُمورَ كَبيرُها

Tamim they are my people so do not equate them

To any tribe, when matters rely on its elders

هُمُ مَعقِلُ العِزِّ الَّذي يُتَّقى بِهِ

ضِراسُ العِدى وَالحَربُ تَغلي قُدورُها

They are the fortress of honor which is feared through it

The fangs of the enemy and war boil its pots

وَلَو ضَمِنَت حَرباً لِخِندِفَ أُسرَةٌ

عَبَأنا لَها مِن خِندِفٍ مَن يُبيرُها

And if a battle were guaranteed for Khindif a band

We would arrange for it from Khindif one who would destroy it

فَما تُقبِلُ الأَحياءُ مِن حُبِّ خِندِفٍ

وَلَكِنَّ أَطرافَ العَوالي تَصورُها

So the living do not accept love for Khindif

But the edges of the highlands portray it

بِحَقّي أُضيمُ العالِمينَ بِخِندِفٍ

وَقَد قَهَرَ الأَحياءَ مِنّا قَهورُها

By my right I am wronged by the worlds against Khindif

And it has conquered the living among us their conquerors

مُلوكٌ تَسوسُ المُسلِمينَ وَغَيرَهُم

إِذا أَنكَرَت كانَت شَديداً نَكيرُها

Kings who rule the Muslims and others

If they refuse obedience it is severely denied

وَرِثنا كِتابَ اللَهِ وَالكَعبَةَ الَّتي

بِمَكَّةَ مَحجوباً عَلَيها سُتورُها

We inherited the Book of Allah and the Kaaba which

In Mecca is veiled over it its curtains

وَأَفضَلُ مَن يَمشي عَلى الأَرضِ حَيُّنا

وَما ضَمِنَت في الذاهِبينَ قُبورُها

And the best who walk upon the earth our tribe

And none of the departed are secured in their graves