إِنَّ أَباكَ الرَذلَ كانَ لِصِغرَةٍ

وَكانَ أَبوكَ التَيسُ شاةً عَزوزا

Your worthless father was once a little man

And your father the ram was once a feeble sheep

وَكانَ ذَليلاً مِن طَريدٍ مُلَعَّنٍ

فَسَمَّوهُ مِن بَعدِ الذَليلِ عَزيزا

He was once a wretch, despised and cursed

Yet after such meekness he was called mighty

بَنو نَوفَلٍ أَهلُ السَماحَةِ وَالنَدى

فَآوَوكَ مِن فَقرٍ وَكَفوا العَجوزا

The generous tribe of Bani Nawfal

Sheltered you in poverty and aided the aged