جَلَبنا النُّصحَ تَحَمِلُهُ المَطايا

جَلَبنا النُّصحَ تَحَمِلُهُ المَطايا

إِلى أَكوارَ أَجمالٍ وَنوقِ

إِلى أَكوارَ أَجمالٍ وَنوقِ

We brought sincere counsel, borne by the mounts,

We brought advice, borne by camels,

Onto the saddles of male camels and she-camels,

To the dwellings of beautiful she-camels and she-camels in rut,

مُغَلغَلَةً مَرافِقُها ثِقالاً

مُغَلغَلَةً مَرافِقُها ثِقالاً

إِلى صَنعاءَ مِن فَجٍّ عَميقِ

إِلى صَنعاءَ مِن فَجٍّ عَميقِ

With their elbows working hard, heavily laden,

Slow-moving, accompanied by burdens,

To Sanaa, from a deep mountain pass.

To Sana'a from a deep ravine,

نَؤومُّ بِها اِبنَ ذي يَزنٍ وَتَفري

نَؤومُّ بِها اِبنَ ذي يَزنٍ وَتَفري

بُطونَ خِفافُها أُمُّ الطَريقِ

بُطونَ خِفافُها أُمُّ الطَريقِ

We make for Ibn Dhī Yazan on them, and it cuts through

With it we give advice to the son of Dhi Yazan, and release

The undersides of their foot-pads—the main road.

The innards of its light saddlebags, the mother of the road,

وَتَلمَحُ مِن مَخايلِهِ بُروقاً

وَتَلمَحُ مِن مَخايلِهِ بُروقاً

مواصَلَةَ الوَميضِ إِلى بُروقِ

مواصَلَةَ الوَميضِ إِلى بُروقِ

And they glimpse flashes of lightning from his portents,

And glimpse from its waves flashes of lightening

Their flicker continuing into further lightning.

Continuing the flashing unto flashes,

فَلَمّا واقَعَت صَنعاءَ صارَت

فَلَمّا واقَعَت صَنعاءَ صارَت

بِدارِ المُلِكِ وَالحَسَبِ العَريقِ

بِدارِ المُلِكِ وَالحَسَبِ العَريقِ

So when they reached Sanaa, they found themselves

So when it reached Sana'a it became

In the abode of kingship and deep-rooted ancestral honor.

The abode of the king, and the noble lineage.