حَدِيث مَا تَجَدَّدَ يُسْتَعَادُ
وَيُطْرِبُ سَامِعِيهِ وَيُسْتَجَادُ
A conversation renewed is recalled
Delighting listeners, searched and applauded
سَبَاكَ جَمَالُ بِكْفَيَّا بِحَقٍّ
وَفِيهِ كُلُّ مَا يَهْوَى الْفُؤَادُ
Your beauty is truly sculpted, Bikfayya
Containing all that gives joy to the heart
تَأَنَّقَتِ الطَّبِيعَةُ فِيهِ حَتَّى
لَيَعْدُو كُلَّ وَصْفٍ أَوْ يَكَادُ
Nature adorned itself in you until
Every description is outdone or nearly so
جَمَالٌ إِنْ أَشَدْتَ بِهِ فَفِيهِ
ضُرُوبُ حِلىً بِذِكْرِاهَا يُشَادُ
A beauty that if you insist upon
Varieties of finery in mentioning it are lauded
أَجِلْ فِيهِ لِحَاظَكَ رَائِدَاتِ
تَجِدْ مَا يُسْتَطَابُ وَيُستَفَادُ
Indeed in it your glances lead
Where you find what is loved and benefitted
مَنَاظِرُ تَخْلُبُ الأَلْبَابَ حُسْناً
رَوَابِيهَا الْبَدِيعَةُ وَالمِهَادُ
Views that steal minds with beauty
Its wondrous hills and valleys
وَقَوْمٌ وَادِعُونَ أُوْلُو ذَكَاءٍ
شَمَائِلُهُمْ مُحَبَّبَةٌ جِيَادُ
And a tranquil people endowed with intelligence
Their traits beloved and generous
لَهُمْ فِي الْجَالِيَاتِ رِجَالُ حَزْمٍ
وَعَزْمٍ أَبْلَغُوهُمْ مَا أَرَادُو
Among the emigrants they have men of wisdom
And resolve who achieved what they intended
أَصَابُوا مَا أَصَابُوا مِنْ نَجَاحٍ
وَعُدَّتُهُمْ ثَبَاتٌ وَاجْتِهَادُ
They attained successes
Through steadfastness and striving
سَلاَمٌ فِي المَهَاجِرِ يَا كِرَاماً
نَأَوْا عَنَّا وَلَمْ يَنْأَ الْوِدَادُ
Greetings to the emigrants, O honorable ones
Who left us though affection did not wane
تَظَلُّ قُلُوبُنَا تَرْعَى خُطَاكُمْ
فَلَيْسَ يَحُولُ دُونَكُمُ بِعَادُ
Our hearts continue to graze on your paths
So no hostility keeps you away
لَنَا مِنْكُمْ بِمَطْلَعِ كُلِّ شَمْسٍ
دَعَائِمُ لِلْمَفَاخِرِ أَوْ عِمَادُ
Through your rising sun we have
Pillars of pride and pillars of support
بِعِزِّكُمُ نُعَزُّ وَحْيُثُ شِدْتُمْ
فَإِنَّ لِقَوْمِكُمْ فَخْراً يُشَادُ
Through your strength we are strengthened and where you firmed
Your people truly have pride that is lauded
أَيَادِيكُمْ وَقَدْ بُسِطَتْ إِلَيْهِمْ
بِحَارٌ لِلْبِحَارِ بِهَا ارْتِفَادُ
Your hands reached out to them
A sea of seas prosperous through them
فَلاَ غَفَلَتْ عُيُونُ الْيُمْنِ عَنْكُمْ
وَلاَ حُرِمَتْ مَآبَكُمْ الْبِلاَدُ
The eyes of Yemen did not neglect you
Nor were your dwellings deprived of lands
