ضَرَبَ السَّعدُ عَلى القا

ضَرَبَ السَّعدُ عَلى القا

دِم بالسَّعدِ خِيامَه

دِم بالسَّعدِ خِيامَه

Good fortune pitched over the newcomer

The Saad tribe pitched their tents at the meadow

its tents with good fortune;

And decided to settle there for some time

وأدارَ الرَّأيَ ما بَي

وأدارَ الرَّأيَ ما بَي

نَهما رَأيَ الإقامَه

نَهما رَأيَ الإقامَه

and turned over, between

The first glow of dawn bears witness

the two of them, the thought of staying.

To his generosity, it is a clear sign

تَشهدُ اللَّمحةَ مِنهُ

تَشهدُ اللَّمحةَ مِنهُ

بالنَّدى وهيَ قَسامَه

بالنَّدى وهيَ قَسامَه

A glimpse of him bears witness

Like lightning that shows the way

to generosity, and is itself beauty.

To the direction of the clouds

وكذا الجودُ لَه في

وكذا الجودُ لَه في

أوجُهِ النَّاسِ عَلامَه

أوجُهِ النَّاسِ عَلامَه

And likewise, generosity has, in

Congratulations on what you have been endowed with

people's faces, a sign,

O son of Salama

كَوَميضِ البَرقِ إذ دَل

كَوَميضِ البَرقِ إذ دَل

لَ عَلى صَوبِ الغَمامَه

لَ عَلى صَوبِ الغَمامَه

like lightning's flash when it pointed

to the cloud's downpour.

فهنيئاً لكَ ما خُوِّل

فهنيئاً لكَ ما خُوِّل

تَهُ يا ابن سَلامَه

تَهُ يا ابن سَلامَه

So may you enjoy what was granted

to you, O Ibn Salāma!