كَأَنَّ بَني أُمَيَّةَ حَولَ بِشرٍ

كَأَنَّ بَني أُمَيَّةَ حَولَ بِشرٍ

نُجومٌ وَسطَها قَمَرٌ مُنيرُ

نُجومٌ وَسطَها قَمَرٌ مُنيرُ

It is as though the sons of Umayya around Bishr

The sons of Umayyah surround Bishr,

Were stars, with a radiant moon in their midst.

Stars around a shining moon.

هُوَ الفَرعُ المُقَدَّمُ مِن قُرَيشٍ

هُوَ الفَرعُ المُقَدَّمُ مِن قُرَيشٍ

إِذا أَخذت مآخِذَها الأُمورُ

إِذا أَخذت مآخِذَها الأُمورُ

He is the foremost scion of Quraysh

He is the foremost branch of Quraysh,

When affairs take their course.

When affairs are taken hold of.

لَقَد عَمَّت نَوافِلُهُ فَأَضحى

لَقَد عَمَّت نَوافِلُهُ فَأَضحى

غَنيّاً مِن نَوافِلهِ الفَقيرُ

غَنيّاً مِن نَوافِلهِ الفَقيرُ

His gifts have indeed reached all, so now

His supererogatory acts have spread,

The poor man is rich through his gifts.

So the poor are enriched by his supererogatory acts.

جَبَرتَ مَهيضَنا وَعدلتَ فينا

جَبَرتَ مَهيضَنا وَعدلتَ فينا

فَعاشَ البائِسُ الكلُّ الكَبر

فَعاشَ البائِسُ الكلُّ الكَبر

You mended our brokenness and dealt justly among us,

You have set right our crookedness and ruled justly over us,

So the wretched, helpless old man lived.

So the wretched and the mighty live.

فَأَنتَ الغَيثُ قَد عَلِمَت قُرَيشٌ

فَأَنتَ الغَيثُ قَد عَلِمَت قُرَيشٌ

لَنا وَالواكِفُ الجَونُ المَطيرُ

لَنا وَالواكِفُ الجَونُ المَطيرُ

So you are the rain—as Quraysh well knows—

You are the rain, Quraysh knows,

For us, and the dark cloud dripping with abundant rain.

For us the bestower, the generous, the rain.