وَإِن تَكُ مِن سَعدِ العَشيرَةِ تَلقَني

وَإِن تَكُ مِن سَعدِ العَشيرَةِ تَلقَني

إِلى الفَرعِ مِن قَيسِ بنِ عَيلانَ مَولِدي

إِلى الفَرعِ مِن قَيسِ بنِ عَيلانَ مَولِدي

And if you are of Sa'd al-'Ashira, you will find me

If you are of the fortunate tribe of Qais son of Ailan, my birthplace,

born of the high branch of Qays ibn 'Aylan.

To the Mudar clan, whose ancestry blossoms,

إِلى مُضَرَ الحَمراءِ تَنمي جُدودُنا

إِلى مُضَرَ الحَمراءِ تَنمي جُدودُنا

وَأَحسابُنا وَمَجدُنا غَيرُ قُعدَدِ

وَأَحسابُنا وَمَجدُنا غَيرُ قُعدَدِ

Our forefathers trace their descent to Mudar the Red,

Our lineages and glory are without equal,

and our ancestral honors and glory have no short pedigree.

Ask the exalted Rabi'ah - they are our brethren, though we fall short of glory we will increase,

فَسائِل بِنا عُليا رَبيعَةَ إِنَّها

فَسائِل بِنا عُليا رَبيعَةَ إِنَّها

أَخونا وَإِن نَقصَر عَنِ المَجدِ نَزدَدِ

أَخونا وَإِن نَقصَر عَنِ المَجدِ نَزدَدِ

So ask the noblest of Rabi'a about us, for it is

If one day in Kudaa I call, waves of a foaming sea will come to me,

our brother; and if we fall short of glory, we gain more.

And Akk son of Adnan, who toyed with Ghassan till all were driven out.

وَإِن أَدعُ يَوماً في قُضاعَةَ تَأتِني

وَإِن أَدعُ يَوماً في قُضاعَةَ تَأتِني

شَآبيبُ بَحرٍ ذي غَوارِبَ مُزبِدِ

شَآبيبُ بَحرٍ ذي غَوارِبَ مُزبِدِ

And if one day I call among Quda'a, there come to me

torrents of a foaming sea with towering crests,

وَعَكُّ بنُ عَدنانَ الَّذينَ تَلاعَبوا

وَعَكُّ بنُ عَدنانَ الَّذينَ تَلاعَبوا

بِغَسّانَ حَتّى طُرِّدوا كُلَّ مَطرَدِ

بِغَسّانَ حَتّى طُرِّدوا كُلَّ مَطرَدِ

and 'Akk ibn 'Adnan, who toyed

with Ghassan until the latter were driven out in every direction.