إِنّي لَأَستَحيِي وَإِنّي لَفاخِرٌ

عَلى طَيِّءٍ بِالأَقرَعَينِ وَغالِبُ

I am shy, yet I boast

of Tai over the two bald hills and its victor,

إِذا رَفَعَ الطائِيُّ عَينَيهِ رَفعَةً

رَآني عَلى الجَوزاءِ فَوقَ الكَواكِبُ

When the man of Tai raises his eyes,

he sees me above Al-Jawza, above the stars,

وَما طَيِّءٌ إِلّا قَبائِلُ أُنزِلَت

إِلى أَهلِ عَينِ التَمرِ مِن كُلِّ جانِبِ

And Tai is none but tribes who descended

to the people of palm tree spring from all sides,

فَهَذي حُدَيّا الناسِ فَخراً عَلى أَبي

أَبي غالِبٍ مُحيِي الوَئيدِ وَحاجِبِ

So this is the pride of people over my father,

my father Al-Ghālib, reviver of glory and eyebrow,

وَإِن أَنا لَم أَجعَل بِأَعناقِ طَيِّءٍ

مَواقِعَ يَبقى عارُها غَيرَ ذاهِبِ

And if I did not place in the necks of Tai

positions whose shame remains not fleeting,

فَما عَلِمَت طائيَّةٌ مَن أَبٌ لَها

وَلَو سَأَلَت عَن أَصلِها كُلَّ ناسِبِ

No woman of Tai would know who her father is,

even if she asked about her origin every genealogist,