يا اِبنَ الشَريدِ وَخَيرَ قَيسٍ كُلَّها

يا اِبنَ الشَريدِ وَخَيرَ قَيسٍ كُلَّها

خَلَّفتَني في حَسرَةٍ وَتَبَلُّدِ

خَلَّفتَني في حَسرَةٍ وَتَبَلُّدِ

O son of al-Sharid, and best of all Qays,

O son of the nomad and the best of all Qais,

you have left me in anguish and numb bewilderment.

You left me in sorrow and melancholy.

فَلَأَبكِيَنَّكَ ما سَمِعتُ حَمامَةً

فَلَأَبكِيَنَّكَ ما سَمِعتُ حَمامَةً

تَدعو هَديلاً في فُروعِ الفَرقَدِ

تَدعو هَديلاً في فُروعِ الفَرقَدِ

So I shall surely weep for you as long as I hear a dove

So I will cry for you as long as I hear a dove

cooing among the boughs of al-Farqad.

Calling sadly from the branches of the chirping bird.

أَنتَ المُهَنَّدُ مِن سُلَيمٍ في العُلى

أَنتَ المُهَنَّدُ مِن سُلَيمٍ في العُلى

وَالفَرعُ لَم يَسبِ الكِرامَ بِمَشهَدِ

وَالفَرعُ لَم يَسبِ الكِرامَ بِمَشهَدِ

You are Sulaym’s Indian-steel sword in the heights of honor,

You are the pillar of Suleim in glory,

and the noble scion who never took noble men captive in battle.

And the branch did not insult the generous at the tomb.

قَد كُنتَ حِصناً لِلعَشيرَةِ كُلَّها

قَد كُنتَ حِصناً لِلعَشيرَةِ كُلَّها

وَخَطيبَها عِندَ الهُمامِ الأَصيَدِ

وَخَطيبَها عِندَ الهُمامِ الأَصيَدِ

You were indeed a fortress for the entire clan,

You were a fortress for the whole tribe,

and its spokesman before the proud, valiant lord.

And their speaker at the time of peril and war.

فَاِذهَب وَلا تَبعَد وَكُلُّ مُعَمِّرٍ

فَاِذهَب وَلا تَبعَد وَكُلُّ مُعَمِّرٍ

سَيَذوقُ كَأسَ مَنِيَّةٍ بِتَنَكُّدِ

سَيَذوقُ كَأسَ مَنِيَّةٍ بِتَنَكُّدِ

So depart, but be not far away; every long-lived person

So go, do not be far, and every mortal

will taste a cup of death with anguish.

Will taste the cup of death in sadness.

لِلَّهِ دَرُّ بَني نَهاسِرَ إِنَّهُم

لِلَّهِ دَرُّ بَني نَهاسِرَ إِنَّهُم

هَدَموا العَمودَ وَأَدرَكوا بِالأَسوَدِ

هَدَموا العَمودَ وَأَدرَكوا بِالأَسوَدِ

God bless the sons of Nahasir! They

For God's sake, the clan of Nahasir, they

demolished the pillar—and exacted vengeance for al-Aswad—

Demolished the pillar and attained the pitch black.

ضَخمَ الدَسيعَةِ ماجِداً أَعراقُهُ

ضَخمَ الدَسيعَةِ ماجِداً أَعراقُهُ

كَالبَدرِ أَو في طَلعَةٍ كَالأَسعُدِ

كَالبَدرِ أَو في طَلعَةٍ كَالأَسعُدِ

a man of lavish bounty, with noble ancestral roots,

The thick-necked Majid, his veins pulsating

like the full moon, or in countenance like the auspicious stars.

Like the full moon or in the rising like the lucky star.