أَخِداشُ أَنتَ اِبنُ الثَلا

أَخِداشُ أَنتَ اِبنُ الثَلا

ثَةِ لَيسَ فَوقَهُمو ثَلاثَه

ثَةِ لَيسَ فَوقَهُمو ثَلاثَه

O Khidāsh, you are the son of the three—

You are the son of the three, there are not three above them

no three stand above them:

For Yazid son of Mukhallad

لِيَزيدٍ بنِ مُخَلَّدٍ

لِيَزيدٍ بنِ مُخَلَّدٍ

ثُمَّ المُهَلَّبِ ذي النَباثَه

ثُمَّ المُهَلَّبِ ذي النَباثَه

of Yazīd, son of Mukhallad,

Then Al-Muhallab of active vigor

then al-Muhallab, possessed of keen discernment.

Through them the lofty lineages branched out

بِهِمو تَفَرَّعتِ العُلى

بِهِمو تَفَرَّعتِ العُلى

وَنَزَلتَ مِن بَلَدٍ دِماثَه

وَنَزَلتَ مِن بَلَدٍ دِماثَه

Through them, glory put forth its branches,

And you descended from a blood-stained land

and you came down from a land of gentle soil.

Those who descended upon Al-Maniya with swords have belongings for them

النازِلينَ عَلى المَنِي

النازِلينَ عَلى المَنِي

يَةِ بِالسُيوفِ لَهُم حِثاثَه

يَةِ بِالسُيوفِ لَهُم حِثاثَه

Those who descend upon death

A people who settled you in the abodes

with swords, in eager haste;

And built your building amidst bloodshed

قَومٌ أَحلَّوكَ الذُرى

قَومٌ أَحلَّوكَ الذُرى

وَبَنوا بِناءَكَ في الدَماثَه

وَبَنوا بِناءَكَ في الدَماثَه

a people who set you upon the summits

So those who guarantee their neighbor

and built your edifice in gentleness;

And for every refuge there is salvation

فَالضامِنينَ لِجارِهِم

فَالضامِنينَ لِجارِهِم

وَلِكُلِّ مُنتَجَعٍ غِياثَه

وَلِكُلِّ مُنتَجَعٍ غِياثَه

and those who guarantee their neighbor

A band for the staffs of kings, not inheriting

and every place of refuge relief.

From virtues anything but legacy

رَكبٌ لِعيدانِ المُلو

رَكبٌ لِعيدانِ المُلو

كِ عَنِ المَكارِمِ غَيرُ راثَه

كِ عَنِ المَكارِمِ غَيرُ راثَه

A band riding the timbers of kings,

They went away while their inheritance perplexed you

never holding back from noble deeds.

And a man makes up his own legacy

ذَهَبوا وَحُزتَ تُراثَهُم

ذَهَبوا وَحُزتَ تُراثَهُم

وَالمَرءُ مُصطَنِعٌ تُراثَه

وَالمَرءُ مُصطَنِعٌ تُراثَه

They departed, and you acquired their inheritance,

So plow the plowing of a father

and a man fashions his own inheritance.

Who was most generous to it his legacy

فَاِحرُث حِراثَةَ والِدٍ

فَاِحرُث حِراثَةَ والِدٍ

كانَ السَماحُ لَهُ حِراثَه

كانَ السَماحُ لَهُ حِراثَه

So till as a father tilled,

And leave the finding fault, indeed it

whose tillage was generosity.

Is a disease upon successful legacy

وَدَعِ المَلاثَةَ إِنَّهُ

وَدَعِ المَلاثَةَ إِنَّهُ

داءٌ عَلى النُجحِ المَلاثَه

داءٌ عَلى النُجحِ المَلاثَه

And abandon procrastination, for truly

Complete with the excellence of a hand, a hand

procrastination is a blight upon success.

Completion indeed has legacy for it

تَمِّم بِفَضلِ يَدٍ يَداً

تَمِّم بِفَضلِ يَدٍ يَداً

إِنَّ التَمامَ لَهُ وِراثَه

إِنَّ التَمامَ لَهُ وِراثَه

Complete one hand with another hand's bounty:

indeed, perfection has an inheritance of its own.