إِنّي لَأَستَحيِي وَإِنّي لَفاخِرٌ

إِنّي لَأَستَحيِي وَإِنّي لَفاخِرٌ

عَلى طَيِّءٍ بِالأَقرَعَينِ وَغالِبُ

عَلى طَيِّءٍ بِالأَقرَعَينِ وَغالِبُ

Indeed I feel shame, and indeed I boast

I am shy, yet I boast

over Tayy, on the strength of the two Aqraʿs and Ghalib.

of Tai over the two bald hills and its victor,

إِذا رَفَعَ الطائِيُّ عَينَيهِ رَفعَةً

إِذا رَفَعَ الطائِيُّ عَينَيهِ رَفعَةً

رَآني عَلى الجَوزاءِ فَوقَ الكَواكِبُ

رَآني عَلى الجَوزاءِ فَوقَ الكَواكِبُ

When a man of Tayy lifts his eyes upward,

When the man of Tai raises his eyes,

he sees me upon al-Jawzaʾ, above the stars.

he sees me above Al-Jawza, above the stars,

وَما طَيِّءٌ إِلّا قَبائِلُ أُنزِلَت

وَما طَيِّءٌ إِلّا قَبائِلُ أُنزِلَت

إِلى أَهلِ عَينِ التَمرِ مِن كُلِّ جانِبِ

إِلى أَهلِ عَينِ التَمرِ مِن كُلِّ جانِبِ

And Tayy is nothing but tribes settled

And Tai is none but tribes who descended

among the people of Ayn al-Tamr from every quarter.

to the people of palm tree spring from all sides,

فَهَذي حُدَيّا الناسِ فَخراً عَلى أَبي

فَهَذي حُدَيّا الناسِ فَخراً عَلى أَبي

أَبي غالِبٍ مُحيِي الوَئيدِ وَحاجِبِ

أَبي غالِبٍ مُحيِي الوَئيدِ وَحاجِبِ

So here is a challenge to all people to outboast the father

So this is the pride of people over my father,

of my father Ghalib, reviver of the buried-alive, and Hajib.

my father Al-Ghālib, reviver of glory and eyebrow,

وَإِن أَنا لَم أَجعَل بِأَعناقِ طَيِّءٍ

وَإِن أَنا لَم أَجعَل بِأَعناقِ طَيِّءٍ

مَواقِعَ يَبقى عارُها غَيرَ ذاهِبِ

مَواقِعَ يَبقى عارُها غَيرَ ذاهِبِ

And if I do not place upon the necks of Tayy

And if I did not place in the necks of Tai

marks whose shame remains, never passing away,

positions whose shame remains not fleeting,

فَما عَلِمَت طائيَّةٌ مَن أَبٌ لَها

فَما عَلِمَت طائيَّةٌ مَن أَبٌ لَها

وَلَو سَأَلَت عَن أَصلِها كُلَّ ناسِبِ

وَلَو سَأَلَت عَن أَصلِها كُلَّ ناسِبِ

then no woman of Tayy knows who her father is,

No woman of Tai would know who her father is,

even if she asks every genealogist about her ancestry.

even if she asked about her origin every genealogist,