1. كَم لَكَ يا اِبنَ دَحمَةَ مِن قَريبٍ

    مَعَ التُبّانِ يُنسَبُ وَالزِيارِ

    Many a kinsman you have, O son of Daḥma,

    whose lineage is linked with loincloth and clamp.

  2. يَظَلُّ يُدافِعُ الأَقلاعَ مِنها

    بِمُلتَزِمِ السَفينَةِ وَالحِتارِ

    He spends the day fending off its sails,

    at the ship’s handhold and gunwale.

  3. إِذا نُسِبَت عُمانُ وَجَدتَ فيها

    مَذاهِبَ لِلسَفينِ وَلِلصَراري

    When Oman’s lineage is traced, you find within it

    routes for ships and for the shipmaster.

  4. أولَئِكَ مَعشَرٌ أَقعَوا جَميعاً

    عَلى لُؤمِ المَناقِبِ وَالنِجارِ

    Those are a people who all squatted

    upon base qualities and lowly stock.

  5. أَرى داراً يُشَرِّفُها جُدَيعٌ

    كَأَلأَمِ ما تَكونُ مِنَ الدِيارِ

    I see a house that Judayʿ ennobles,

    as base as any house can be,

  6. عَلى آساسِ عَبدٍ مِن عُمانٍ

    تَقَيَّلَ في رِفاقِ أَبي صِفارِ

    on the foundations of a slave from Oman,

    who took his noon rest among Abū Ṣifār’s companions.