قَوْمِي بَنُو جُمَحٍ قَوْمٌ إِذَا انْحَدَرَتْ

قَوْمِي بَنُو جُمَحٍ قَوْمٌ إِذَا انْحَدَرَتْ

شَهْبَاءُ تُبْصِرُ فِي حَافَاتِهَا الزَّغْفَا

شَهْبَاءُ تُبْصِرُ فِي حَافَاتِهَا الزَّغْفَا

My people, the sons of Jumah, are a people who, when down sweeps

My people, tribe of Majmah, one day when

A gray host—you see coats of mail along its flanks—

Meteors unleash their fiery tails,

أَهْلُ الْخِلَافَةِ وَالْمُوفُونَ إِنْ وَعَدُوا

أَهْلُ الْخِلَافَةِ وَالْمُوفُونَ إِنْ وَعَدُوا

وَالشَّاهِدُونَ الرَّوْعَ لَا عُزْلًا وَلَا كُشْفَا

وَالشَّاهِدُونَ الرَّوْعَ لَا عُزْلًا وَلَا كُشْفَا

Are worthy of the caliphate, and keep their word if they promise,

Rulers and the praised, if they convene

And face battle's terror, neither unarmed nor shieldless.

Witnesses and the sublime, unmatched, unveiled,

يَأْبَى لِيَ اللَّهُ وَالْحَيَّانِ مِنْ جُمَحٍ

يَأْبَى لِيَ اللَّهُ وَالْحَيَّانِ مِنْ جُمَحٍ

دَاعٍ حَبِيباً وَدَاعٍ لِلنَّدَى خَلَفَا

دَاعٍ حَبِيباً وَدَاعٍ لِلنَّدَى خَلَفَا

God and the two clans of Jumah refuse it for me—

Allah and the Living deny me not

One invoking Habib, and one invoking Khalaf for bounty.

A friend's farewell, or dew's swansong.