مِنَ الأُسد الكِرامِ إِن حَلَّ جارُ

مِنَ الأُسد الكِرامِ إِن حَلَّ جارُ

فمعَ النَجم لا يضخاف عَريبا

فمعَ النَجم لا يضخاف عَريبا

If a neighbor settles among the noble lions,

From the generous lions, if a neighbor settles,

then, beside the star, he fears no one.

With the stars, he does not become debased.

عزَّ مَن كانَ مالِكٌ لَهُ جاراً

عزَّ مَن كانَ مالِكٌ لَهُ جاراً

لَستُ في الأزدِ إِن حَلَلتُ غَريبا

لَستُ في الأزدِ إِن حَلَلتُ غَريبا

Mighty is he who has Malik for a neighbor.

Whoever owns a neighbor is honored,

I am no stranger when I settle among the Azd.

I am not a stranger if I settle among the azd.

كانَ فهمٌ أَوصى بَنيه وصاةً

كانَ فهمٌ أَوصى بَنيه وصاةً

حَفظوها وكان فيهم مُصيبا

حَفظوها وكان فيهم مُصيبا

Fahm had given his sons a charge,

There was wisdom that enjoined his sons,

which they kept; he had counseled them rightly.

To keep it, and it was right among them,

أَكرموا الضيفَ واحفظوا حُرمةَ الجا

أَكرموا الضيفَ واحفظوا حُرمةَ الجا

رِ وكونوا مِمَّن أُحِبُّ قَريبا

رِ وكونوا مِمَّن أُحِبُّ قَريبا

Honor the guest and safeguard the sanctity of the

Honor the guest and keep the sanctity of the neighbor,

neighbor; and be among those I love to have close.

And be among those I love, a relative.

فَرعى مالِكٌ وَصاةَ أَبيهِ

فَرعى مالِكٌ وَصاةَ أَبيهِ

وَكَذاكَ النَجيبُ يحيي النَجيبا

وَكَذاكَ النَجيبُ يحيي النَجيبا

So Malik observed his father's charge,

Malik kept the behest of his father,

and thus the noble keeps the noble alive.

And so the noble man enlivens the noble.

مالِكٌ يأَخذ الخَراجَ من النا

مالِكٌ يأَخذ الخَراجَ من النا

سِ وَمعدٌ تَخافُ منهُ الوثوبا

سِ وَمعدٌ تَخافُ منهُ الوثوبا

Malik takes tribute from the

Malik takes the tithe from the people,

people, and Maʿadd fears his onslaught.

And Ma'add, they fear his ferocity.