مِن كُلِّ ذاتِ حَبائِكٍ وَمُفاضَةٍ

بَيضاءَ سابِغَةٍ عَلى الأَظفارِ

From all your loved ones and overflowing generosity,

Snow white covering the fingernails,

إِنَّ القُصورَ بِجيلِ جَيلانَ الَّتي

أَعيَت مَعاقِلُها بَني الأَحرارِ

Indeed the palaces of the G̶e̶y̶l̶a̶n̶ tribe, which

Exhausted their fortresses among the free men,

فُتِحَت بِسَيفِ بَني المُهَلَّبِ إِنَّها

لِلَّهِ عادَتُهُم عَلى الكُفّارِ

Were opened by the swords of the Banu Hilal, indeed

To God has returned their raid on the infidels,

غَلَبوا بِأَنَّهُمُ الفَوارِسُ في الوَغى

وَالأَكثَرونَ غَداةَ كُلِّ كِثارِ

They prevailed because they are the horsemen in the fray

And the most on the morrow of every battle,

وَالأَحلَمونَ إِذا الحُلومُ تَهَزهَزَت

بِالقَومِ لَيسَ حُلومُهُم بِصِغارِ

And the most forbearing when temperaments were shaken

Among the people their temperaments were not small,

وَالقائِدونَ إِذا الجِيادُ تَرَوَّحَت

وَمَضَينَ بَعدَ وَجىً عَلى الحِزوارِ

And the leaders when the steeds were rested

And went after fatigue, on the saddlebags,

حَتّى يَرِعنَ وَهُنَّ حَولَ مُعَمَّمٍ

بِالتاجِ في حَلَقِ المُلوكِ نِضارِ

Until they pasture and they wander around a turbaned one

With the crown in the throat of vigorous kings.