تُقَدَّمُ قَيْسٌ كُلَّ يَوْمِ كَرِيهَةٍ

تُقَدَّمُ قَيْسٌ كُلَّ يَوْمِ كَرِيهَةٍ

ويُثْنَى عَلَيْهَا في الرَّخَاءِ ذُنُوبُهَا

ويُثْنَى عَلَيْهَا في الرَّخَاءِ ذُنُوبُهَا

Qays is sent to the fore on every day of battle,

Every wretched day Qais is pushed forward,

and in times of ease her faults are recounted against her.

And in prosperity his sins are recited.

وأَعْمَدُ مِنْ قَوْمٍ كَفَاهُمْ أَخُوهُمُ

وأَعْمَدُ مِنْ قَوْمٍ كَفَاهُمْ أَخُوهُمُ

صِدَامَ الأَعَادِي حَيْثُ فُلَّتْ نُيُوبُهَا

صِدَامَ الأَعَادِي حَيْثُ فُلَّتْ نُيُوبُهَا

And I marvel at a people whose brother spared them

And I rely on a people whose brother

the clash with foes, where their fangs were blunted.

Sufficed them, attacking enemies where their ranks were split.