مدحتُ رسولَ اللَه أبغي بمدحه

مدحتُ رسولَ اللَه أبغي بمدحه

وُفورَ حظوظي من كريمِ المآربِ

وُفورَ حظوظي من كريمِ المآربِ

I praised God's Messenger, seeking through his praise

I praise the Messenger of Allah hoping through his praise

a full measure of the noble things I seek.

For the abundance of my good fortunes from the Generous of purposes

مدحتُ امرءاً فاق المديح موحِّداً

مدحتُ امرءاً فاق المديح موحِّداً

باوصافه عن مُبعِدٍ ومقارِب

باوصافه عن مُبعِدٍ ومقارِب

I praised a man who surpassed all praise, standing alone

I praised a man who surpassed praise, a great unifier

in his attributes, beyond those far and near.

Through his attributes, from a remote and a near one

نبيّاً تسامى في المشارق نورُه

نبيّاً تسامى في المشارق نورُه

فلاحت هواديه لأهل المغارب

فلاحت هواديه لأهل المغارب

A prophet whose light rose high in the East,

A prophet whose light rose high in the east

so his guiding lights shone for the people of the West.

So its valleys shone for the people of the west

أتتنا به الأنباءُ قبل مجيئه

أتتنا به الأنباءُ قبل مجيئه

وشاعت به الأخبارُ في كلِّ جانبِ

وشاعت به الأخبارُ في كلِّ جانبِ

Tidings of him reached us before his coming,

The news came to us before his coming

and reports of him spread in every direction.

And the reports about him spread in every side

وأصبحتِ الكهّان تهتف باسمهِ

وأصبحتِ الكهّان تهتف باسمهِ

وتنفي به رجمَ الظنونِ الكواذب

وتنفي به رجمَ الظنونِ الكواذب

The soothsayers began crying out his name,

The soothsayers began to shout his name

and through him dispelled the guesswork of false suppositions.

And refute with it the lies of unfounded conjectures

وأُنطِقت الأصنامُ نطقاً تَبَرَّأت

وأُنطِقت الأصنامُ نطقاً تَبَرَّأت

إلى اللَه فيه من مقال الأكادب

إلى اللَه فيه من مقال الأكادب

The idols were made to speak, and in their speech disavowed

The idols were made to speak with an utterance in which

before God the sayings of liars.

They disavowed to Allah the sayings of liars

ورامَ استراقَ السمع جنَّ فزيَّلت

ورامَ استراقَ السمع جنَّ فزيَّلت

مقاعدهم منها رجومُ الكواكب

مقاعدهم منها رجومُ الكواكب

Jinn sought to steal a hearing, but were driven

The jinn attempted to eavesdrop but their dwellings

from their seats by the stars' pelting missiles.

Were vacated from them by the pelting of the stars

هدانا إلى ما لم نكن نهتدي به

هدانا إلى ما لم نكن نهتدي به

لطول العمى من واضحات المذاهب

لطول العمى من واضحات المذاهب

He guided us to what we had failed to follow,

He guided us to what we were not guided before

through long blindness—the clearest paths.

Due to the prolonged blindness from the clear doctrines

وجاء بآيات تبين أنها

وجاء بآيات تبين أنها

دلائل جبّارٍ مثيب معاقب

دلائل جبّارٍ مثيب معاقب

He brought signs that made it plain they were

And he came with signs proving they are

proofs of an Almighty One who rewards and punishes.

The tokens of an Almighty Rewarder and Punisher

فمنها انشقاق البدر حين تعمَّمت

فمنها انشقاق البدر حين تعمَّمت

شعوب الضيا منه رؤوس الأخاشب

شعوب الضيا منه رؤوس الأخاشب

Among them was the full moon's splitting, as turbans formed

Among them is the splitting of the moon when

from its branching light around the heads of rugged mountains.

The inhabitants of the horizon saw it with split summits

ومنها نبوع الماء بين بنانه

ومنها نبوع الماء بين بنانه

وقد عدم الوراد قرب المشارب

وقد عدم الوراد قرب المشارب

Among them was water springing between his fingers,

And among them are the springs of water between his fingers

when water-seekers had no nearby watering places.

When there was no water skins near the drinking places

فروى به جمّاً غفيراً وأسلهت

فروى به جمّاً غفيراً وأسلهت

بأعناقه طوعاً أكفَّ المذانِب

بأعناقه طوعاً أكفَّ المذانِب

He quenched a vast multitude with it, and freely yielded

So he quenched a large thirsty crowd and willingly

to its necks the hands of the watercourses [wording uncertain].

Bowed their necks, avoiding confrontation

وبئرٍ طغت بالماء من مسِّ سهمه

وبئرٍ طغت بالماء من مسِّ سهمه

ومن قبل لم تسمح بمِذقَةِ شارب

ومن قبل لم تسمح بمِذقَةِ شارب

And a well that overflowed with water from his arrow's touch,

And a well overflowed with water from the touch of his arrow

though before it had not yielded a drinker's sip.

When before it did not allow a sipper to taste

وضرعٍ مراهُ فاستدر ولم يكن

وضرعٍ مراهُ فاستدر ولم يكن

به دِرَّة تصفي إلى كفِّ حالب

به دِرَّة تصفي إلى كفِّ حالب

And an udder he stroked, drawing milk, though it had held

And an udder which he saw so it flowed though

no milk-flow to run into a milker's hand.

It had no milk for the palm of a milker

ونُطقٍ فصيحٍ من ذراع مبينةٍ

ونُطقٍ فصيحٍ من ذراع مبينةٍ

لكيد عدوٍّ للعداوة ناصب

لكيد عدوٍّ للعداوة ناصب

And eloquent speech from a foreleg that revealed

And the eloquent speech of an arm made clear

the plot of an enemy bent on enmity.

To foil the plot of an enemy who harbored enmity

وإخباره بالأمر من قبل كونه

وإخباره بالأمر من قبل كونه

وعند بواديه بما في العواقب

وعند بواديه بما في العواقب

And his foretelling an event before its occurrence,

And his information of the matter before its occurrence

and, at its beginnings, what its outcomes held.

And its outcomes in its valleys

ومن تلكم الآيات وحيٌ أتى به

ومن تلكم الآيات وحيٌ أتى به

قريب المآتي مستجمّ العجائب

قريب المآتي مستجمّ العجائب

Among those signs was a revelation he brought,

And among these signs is a revelation that came to him

easy of approach, abounding in wonders.

Soon in its comings, amazing in its wonders

تقاصرت الأفكار عنه فلم يطع

تقاصرت الأفكار عنه فلم يطع

بليغاً ولم يخطر على قلب خاطب

بليغاً ولم يخطر على قلب خاطب

Thoughts fell short of it; it would not yield

The minds fell short of it so no eloquent one emulated it

to an eloquent man, nor occur to an orator's heart.

Nor did it occur to the heart of a speaker

حوى كلَّ علمٍ واحتوى كلَّ حكمةٍ

حوى كلَّ علمٍ واحتوى كلَّ حكمةٍ

وفات مرام المستمرِّ الموارب

وفات مرام المستمرِّ الموارب

It encompassed every knowledge and every wisdom,

It contained every knowledge and encompassed every wisdom

and surpassed the persistent schemer's reach.

And surpassed the hopes of the ambitious striver

أتانا به لا عن رويَّةٍ مرتئٍ

أتانا به لا عن رويَّةٍ مرتئٍ

ولا صُحف مستَملٍ ولا وصف كاتب

ولا صُحف مستَملٍ ولا وصف كاتب

He brought it to us, not from a thinker's deliberation,

It came to us not out of a conceited whim

nor a dictation-taker's scrolls, nor a writer's account.

Nor written scrolls or description of a writer

يواتيه طوراً في أجابة سائلٍ

يواتيه طوراً في أجابة سائلٍ

وإفتاء مستفتٍ ووعظ مخاطب

وإفتاء مستفتٍ ووعظ مخاطب

It came to him at times in answering a questioner,

It comes to him at times in answering a questioner

giving a seeker a ruling, and admonishing one addressed,

And giving a legal ruling to an inquirer and preaching to an addressee

وإتيان برهان وفرض شرائع

وإتيان برهان وفرض شرائع

وقص أحاديث ونص مآرب

وقص أحاديث ونص مآرب

presenting proof and prescribing laws,

And providing proof and instituting laws

recounting stories and stating aims explicitly,

And narrating prophetic reports and stating purposes

وتصريف أمثال وتثبيت حجَّةٍ

وتصريف أمثال وتثبيت حجَّةٍ

وتعريف ذي جَحدٍ وتوقيف كاذب

وتعريف ذي جَحدٍ وتوقيف كاذب

setting out varied parables and establishing an argument,

And articulating parables and establishing argument

enlightening a denier and confronting a liar,

And exposing the disavowal of a denier and silencing a liar

وفي مَجمع النادي وفي حومةِ الوغى

وفي مَجمع النادي وفي حومةِ الوغى

وعند حدوثِ المعضلات الغرائب

وعند حدوثِ المعضلات الغرائب

in the assembled council and amid the battle's press,

Both in the assembly of the elite and the tumult of clamor

and when strange, difficult problems arose.

And at the occurrence of wondrous tribulations

فيأتي على ما شئت من طُرقاته

فيأتي على ما شئت من طُرقاته

قويم المعاني مستدرَّ الضرائب

قويم المعاني مستدرَّ الضرائب

Along whichever of its paths you choose, it comes

He brings in every course of it

sound in meaning, abundantly yielding varied forms.

Precise meanings and deduced niceties

يصدق منه البعضُ بعضاً كأنما

يصدق منه البعضُ بعضاً كأنما

يلاحظ معناه بعين المراقب

يلاحظ معناه بعين المراقب

Each part of it confirms another, as though

Some of it confirming other parts as if

its meaning watched with a vigilant eye.

Its meanings observe each other with a watcher's eye

وعجزُ الورى عن أن يجيئوا بمثل ما

وعجزُ الورى عن أن يجيئوا بمثل ما

وصفناه معلوم بطول التجارب

وصفناه معلوم بطول التجارب

And humankind's inability to bring anything like what

And the inability of all creation to bring the like of what

we have described is known through long trials.

We described, known by the length of trials

تأبّى بعبد اللَه أكرم والدٍ

تأبّى بعبد اللَه أكرم والدٍ

تبلَّجَ منه عن كريمِ المناسب

تبلَّجَ منه عن كريمِ المناسب

He had as his father Abd Allah, the noblest of fathers,

The servant of Allah, best of fathers, rejected it

through whom his noble ancestry shone forth;

He from whom portents of the noble leanings emerged

وشيبةَ ذي الحمدِ الذي فخرت به

وشيبةَ ذي الحمدِ الذي فخرت به

قريشُ على أهل العلى والمناصب

قريشُ على أهل العلى والمناصب

and Shaybah, the man of praise, in whom

And the hair of the Praised whose pride

Quraysh gloried above people of eminence and rank;

Quraysh boasted over the people of high ranks

ومن كان يُستسقى الغمامُ بوجهه

ومن كان يُستسقى الغمامُ بوجهه

ويُصدَر عن آرائه في النوائب

ويُصدَر عن آرائه في النوائب

and the man by whose face rain was sought from the clouds,

And the one by whose face the clouds are beseeched

and whose counsel was followed in calamities;

And his views are sought in adversities

وهاشم الباني مشيد افتخاره

وهاشم الباني مشيد افتخاره

بغرِّ المساعي وامتنان المواهب

بغرِّ المساعي وامتنان المواهب

and Hashim, who built the lofty edifice of his pride

And Hashim who built his pride

with illustrious deeds and freely bestowed gifts;

With the excellence of deeds and favors of talents

وعبد منافٍ وهو علَّم قومه اش

وعبد منافٍ وهو علَّم قومه اش

تطاط الأماني واحتكام الرغائب

تطاط الأماني واحتكام الرغائب

and Abd Manaf, who taught his people the boundless

And Abd Manaf who taught his people how

pursuit of ambitions and the sovereignty of desires.

To aspire to hopes and refer to wishes

وإن قصيّاً من كريم غراسه

وإن قصيّاً من كريم غراسه

لفي منهلٍ لم يدنُ من كف قاضب

لفي منهلٍ لم يدنُ من كف قاضب

And Qusayy, through his noble planting,

Even though estranged from the generous roots

was surely at a spring no pruner's hand approached.

He is in a refuge untouched by a grasper

به جمع اللَه القبائلَ بعدما

به جمع اللَه القبائلَ بعدما

تقسَّمها نهب الأكفِّ السوالب

تقسَّمها نهب الأكفِّ السوالب

Through him God united the tribes after

With him Allah united the tribes after

plunder by ravaging hands had divided them.

They were divided by ravaging grasping hands

وحل كلابٌ من ذرى المجدِ معقلاً

وحل كلابٌ من ذرى المجدِ معقلاً

تقاصَرَ عنه كلَّ دانس وغائب

تقاصَرَ عنه كلَّ دانس وغائب

And Kilab occupied a stronghold on the heights of glory,

And Halab settled as a fortress for the glory

which all, near or absent, fell short of [reading uncertain].

Elevated above every feeble and absent one

ومرةً لم يحلل مريرةَ عزمه

ومرةً لم يحلل مريرةَ عزمه

سِفاه سفيهٍ أو مَحوبةُ حائب

سِفاه سفيهٍ أو مَحوبةُ حائب

And Murrah—the stout cord of his resolve was not loosened

And he never softened the bitterness of his resolve

by a fool's folly or a wrongdoer's sin.

By the nonsense of a fool or affection of a lover

وكعب علا عن طالب المجد كعبه

وكعب علا عن طالب المجد كعبه

فنال بأدنى السعي أعلى المراتب

فنال بأدنى السعي أعلى المراتب

And Ka'b, whose stature rose above every seeker of glory,

And Kaab's glory surpassed the glory-seekers'

reached the highest ranks with the least exertion.

So he attained with the least effort the highest ranks

وألوى لؤيٌّ بالعُداة فطُوَّعت

وألوى لؤيٌّ بالعُداة فطُوَّعت

له هممُ الشمِّ الأنوفِ الأغالب

له هممُ الشمِّ الأنوفِ الأغالب

And Lu'ayy overcame his enemies, bringing into submission

And Lu'ay bent the stubborn enemies

the ambitions of proud, high-nosed, mighty men.

So their souls submitted to him, the most forceful of victors

وفي غالبٍ بأسٌ أبى البأس دونهم

وفي غالبٍ بأسٌ أبى البأس دونهم

يدافع عنهم كلَّ قِرنٍ مغالب

يدافع عنهم كلَّ قِرنٍ مغالب

In Ghalib was might that barred violence from them,

And in Ghalib is might that might refused beneath him

defending them against every rival champion.

Defending them every spear of spears

وكانت لفهر في قريشٍ خَطابةٌ

وكانت لفهر في قريشٍ خَطابةٌ

يعوذُ بها عند اشتجار المخاطب

يعوذُ بها عند اشتجار المخاطب

And Fihr possessed an eloquence among Quraysh

And Khuzaymah's praise remains

in which he took refuge when exchanges of speech clashed.

A cherished legacy from a praiseworthy kin

وما زال منهم مالكٌ خيرَ مالكٍ

وما زال منهم مالكٌ خيرَ مالكٍ

وأكرمَ مصحوب وأكرمَ صاحب

وأكرمَ مصحوب وأكرمَ صاحب

Among them Malik was ever the finest master,

And Mudrika did not miss what people miss

the noblest man to accompany, and the noblest companion.

More chaste, loftier than the lowliness of gains

وللنضر طَولٌ يقصر الطرف دونه

وللنضر طَولٌ يقصر الطرف دونه

بحيث التقى ضوءَ النجوم الثواقب

بحيث التقى ضوءَ النجوم الثواقب

Al-Nadr had an eminence the eye could not reach,

And Ilyas, despair was always accompanying

where it met the light of the piercing stars.

His enemies before the multitude of calamities

لعمري لقد أبدى كنانة قلبه

لعمري لقد أبدى كنانة قلبه

محاسن تأبى أن تطوع لغالب

محاسن تأبى أن تطوع لغالب

By my life, Kinanah's heart displayed

And in Mudar all pride gathers

virtues that refused to yield to any victor.

If the troops of battle stir one day

ومن قبله أبقى خزيمة حمده

ومن قبله أبقى خزيمة حمده

تليد تراثٍ عن حميد الأقارب

تليد تراثٍ عن حميد الأقارب

Before him, Khuzaymah preserved his praise

And Hilal took the leadership of his people

as an ancient inheritance from praiseworthy kinsmen.

To a position loftier than viewers' sights

ومدرِكةٌ لم يدركِ الناسُ مثلَه

ومدرِكةٌ لم يدركِ الناسُ مثلَه

أعفَّ وأعلى عن دني المكاسب

أعفَّ وأعلى عن دني المكاسب

And Mudrikah—people never attained his equal,

And Muadd prepared weaponry for his patron

so chaste and so far above base gains.

If he feared the plot of a battling foe

وإلياسُ كان اليأس منه مُقارِناً

وإلياسُ كان اليأس منه مُقارِناً

لأعدائه قبل اعتدادِ الكتائب

لأعدائه قبل اعتدادِ الكتائب

And Ilyas brought despair close

And Adi performed the favor to the utmost

to his enemies before the battalions were mustered.

Inheriting from elderly whitened elders

وفي مُضَرٍ يستجمع الفخرُ كله

وفي مُضَرٍ يستجمع الفخرُ كله

إذا اعتركت يوماً زحوفُ المقارنب

إذا اعتركت يوماً زحوفُ المقارنب

In Mudar all glory gathers

And Add's clemency adorned with calm

whenever advancing squadrons clash [reading uncertain].

When clemency most enrages bold eyebrows

وحلَّ نزارٌ من رياسة أهله

وحلَّ نزارٌ من رياسة أهله

محلاً تسامى عن عيون الرواقب

محلاً تسامى عن عيون الرواقب

And Nizar held, in the leadership of his people,

And Himyar never ceased being lofty

a station too lofty for watching eyes.

And pursuing the hopes of the far-reaching

وكان معدَّ عدةً لوليِّه

وكان معدَّ عدةً لوليِّه

إذا خاف من كيد العدو المحارب

إذا خاف من كيد العدو المحارب

Ma'add was a defense for his ally,

And his daughter built the glory of might and erected

when he feared the plotting of a warring enemy.

Its strongholds on the towering mountain tops

وأد تأدي الفضل منه بغايةٍ

وأد تأدي الفضل منه بغايةٍ

وارثٍ حواهُ عن قُروم أشايب

وارثٍ حواهُ عن قُروم أشايب

And Udd, from whom excellence reached its utmost,

And Sama'ah's generosity matched that of

was an heir who received it from gray-haired chieftains.

Hatem and Luqman's wisdom and Hajib's zeal

وفي أددٍ حلم تزيَّنَ بالحجا

وفي أددٍ حلم تزيَّنَ بالحجا

إذا الحلم أزهاه قطوبُ الحواجب

إذا الحلم أزهاه قطوبُ الحواجب

In Udad was forbearance adorned with reason,

They are the offspring of Ismail, true to his promise

when knitted brows stirred forbearance to pride.

So what comes after them in pride is no effort for one who leaves

وما زال يستعلي هميعُ بالعلى

وما زال يستعلي هميعُ بالعلى

ويتبع آمالَ البعيد المَراغِبِ

ويتبع آمالَ البعيد المَراغِبِ

Hami' ever rose higher through lofty deeds,

And the friend of Allah was the noblest hosted

pursuing the hopes of one far-reaching in his desires.

By the land from residents and riders on it

ونبت بنتهُ دوحة العز وابتنى

ونبت بنتهُ دوحة العز وابتنى

معاقله في مشمخرِّ الأهاضب

معاقله في مشمخرِّ الأهاضب

And Nabt was raised by the great tree of honor, and built

And the ruins still have vestiges for him

his strongholds upon towering heights.

Explaining his praiseworthy endeavors

وحيزت لقيذارٍ سماحةُ حاتم

وحيزت لقيذارٍ سماحةُ حاتم

وحكمةُ لقمانٍ وهمَّةُ حاجب

وحكمةُ لقمانٍ وهمَّةُ حاجب

For Qaydhar were gathered Hatim's generosity,

And Nimrod the breaker of enemies, his achievements

Luqman's wisdom, and Hajib's ambition.

Were preserved, numbering more than any counter can compute

هُموا نسلُ إسماعيل صادقِ وعدِه

هُموا نسلُ إسماعيل صادقِ وعدِه

فما بعده في الفخر مسعىً لذاهب

فما بعده في الفخر مسعىً لذاهب

They are the offspring of Isma'il, faithful to his promise;

And Dhu Yazan plunged into the thickets of war

beyond him no traveler has further ground to tread in glory.

Drawing the swords with the sharp cutting blades

وكان خليلُ اللَه أكرمَ من عَنَت

وكان خليلُ اللَه أكرمَ من عَنَت

له الأرض من ماشٍ عليها وراكب

له الأرض من ماشٍ عليها وراكب

God's Friend was the noblest of all to whom

And Argu, in wars an ally, fortified

the earth bowed—those walking upon it and those riding.

His care for himself, the honorable victor

وتارحُ ما زالت له أريَحِيَّة

وتارحُ ما زالت له أريَحِيَّة

تُبيِّنُ منه عن حميد المضارب

تُبيِّنُ منه عن حميد المضارب

Tarah ever possessed a ready generosity

And what virtue did Taghlib surpass his people in

that revealed in him a praiseworthy lineage.

Nor what worshipper beneath them in ranks

وناحورُ نحّار العدا حُفظت له

وناحورُ نحّار العدا حُفظت له

مآثر لمّا يحصها عدُّ حاسب

مآثر لمّا يحصها عدُّ حاسب

Nahur, slayer of enemies, had deeds preserved for him

And Shalikh, Warfakhshadh and Sam became characterized by them

that no counter's reckoning has yet numbered.

Their praiseworthy traits sufficing every critic and fault-finder

وأشرع في الهيجاء ضيغم غابةٍ

وأشرع في الهيجاء ضيغم غابةٍ

يقدُّ الطلى بالمرهفات القواضب

يقدُّ الطلى بالمرهفات القواضب

Ashra', in battle, was a lion of the forest,

And Noah always remained in the sight of the Lord virtuous

cleaving necks with keen, cutting blades.

Numbering him among the chosen pure ones

وأرغو نابٌ في الحروب محكم

وأرغو نابٌ في الحروب محكم

ضنين على نفس المشحِّ المغالب

ضنين على نفس المشحِّ المغالب

Arghu was a firmly set fang in wars,

And his father Lamech was awe-inspiring in courage

begrudging the stubborn contender his life.

Bold against himself, the ferocious warrior

وما فالغٌ في فضله تِلو قومه

وما فالغٌ في فضله تِلو قومه

ولا عابدٌ من دونهم في المراتب

ولا عابدٌ من دونهم في المراتب

In excellence, Faligh did not trail his people,

And before Lamech he never stopped being armed

nor did 'Abid stand beneath them in rank.

Repelling enemies with repelling weapons

وشالخ وارفخشذ وسام سمت بهم

وشالخ وارفخشذ وسام سمت بهم

سجايا حمتهم كلَّ زارٍ وعائب

سجايا حمتهم كلَّ زارٍ وعائب

Shalikh, Arfakhshadh, and Sam were raised high

And Idris the prophet had positions

by qualities that shielded them from every detractor and fault-finder.

From God unmatched by any aspirant's zeal

وما زال نوح عند ذي العرش فاضلاً

وما زال نوح عند ذي العرش فاضلاً

يعدده في المصطفين الأطايب

يعدده في المصطفين الأطايب

Nuh remained favored before the Lord of the Throne,

And the sea of Yarid was an obstruction to his kin

who counted him among the chosen, the pure.

My father the protector, focused of purpose

ولمكٌ أبوه كان في الروع رائعاً

ولمكٌ أبوه كان في الروع رائعاً

جريئاً على نفس الكميِّ المضارب

جريئاً على نفس الكميِّ المضارب

His father, Lamak, was terrifying amid terror,

And Mehujael's understanding was of radiant virtues

daring against the life of the armored combatant.

Well-mannered, far from the disgraceful flaws

ومن قبل لمكٍ لم يزل متوشلخ

ومن قبل لمكٍ لم يزل متوشلخ

يذود العدى بالذائدات الشوازب

يذود العدى بالذائدات الشوازب

Before Lamak, Matushalakh ever

And Qaynan before attained the glory of his people

drove enemies back with lean, defending steeds.

Surpassing in repute and overwhelming the cavalries

وكانت لإدريس النبي منازل

وكانت لإدريس النبي منازل

من اللَه لم تقرن بهمة راغب

من اللَه لم تقرن بهمة راغب

The prophet Idris held stations

And Anush was full of glory for himself

from God beyond the aspiration of any seeker.

And cleansed it from the abased demands

ويارد بحر عند آل سراته

ويارد بحر عند آل سراته

أبي الخزايا مستدق المآرب

أبي الخزايا مستدق المآرب

Yarid was an ocean among his noble kindred,

And Sheeth always remained virtuous

refusing disgrace, subtle in his aims.

Noble and innocent of the blemished defects

وكانت لمهلاييل فهم فضائل

وكانت لمهلاييل فهم فضائل

مهذبة من فاحشات المثالب

مهذبة من فاحشات المثالب

Mahlayil had among them virtues [reading uncertain],

And all of them drew light from Adam

purified of the foulest faults.

And produced fruits from his essence

وقينان من قبل اقتنى مجد قومه

وقينان من قبل اقتنى مجد قومه

وفات بشأو الفضل وخد الركائب

وفات بشأو الفضل وخد الركائب

Qaynan had earlier won his people's glory,

And the Messenger of Allah was the noblest of lineages

and, with excellence's stride, outpaced the riding camels' trot.

Flowing among the pure chosen visages

وكان أنوش ناش للمجد نفسه

وكان أنوش ناش للمجد نفسه

ونزَّهها عن مرديات المطالب

ونزَّهها عن مرديات المطالب

Anush lifted his soul toward glory,

His fathers and mothers were

and kept it clear of ruinous pursuits.

Protected from the disgracing flaws

وما زال شيثٌ بالفضائل فاضلاً

وما زال شيثٌ بالفضائل فاضلاً

شريفاً بريئاً من ذميم المعائب

شريفاً بريئاً من ذميم المعائب

Shith remained distinguished by virtues,

Upon him is Allah's peace in every east

noble, free of blameworthy defects.

His light shone for us and in every west

وكلهم من نور آدم أقبسوا

وكلهم من نور آدم أقبسوا

وعن عوده أجنوا ثمار المناقب

وعن عوده أجنوا ثمار المناقب

All of them took flame from Adam's light,

and from his trunk gathered the fruits of noble deeds.

وكان رسول اللَه أكرمَ مُنجَبٍ

وكان رسول اللَه أكرمَ مُنجَبٍ

جرى في ظهور الطيِّبين المناجب

جرى في ظهور الطيِّبين المناجب

God's Messenger was the noblest offspring

to pass through the loins of good and noble progenitors.

مقابلةً آباؤه أمهاتِه

مقابلةً آباؤه أمهاتِه

مُبَرَّأة من فاضحات المثالب

مُبَرَّأة من فاضحات المثالب

His fathers and mothers were matched in nobility,

free of disgraceful blemishes.

عليه سلامُ اللَه في كل شارقٍ

عليه سلامُ اللَه في كل شارقٍ

ألاح لنا ضوءاً وفي كلِّ غارب

ألاح لنا ضوءاً وفي كلِّ غارب

Upon him be God's peace with every rising sun

that shows us light, and with every setting one.