إِذا عَدَّدَ الناسُ المَكارِمَ أَشرَفَت

إِذا عَدَّدَ الناسُ المَكارِمَ أَشرَفَت

رَوابي أَبي حَربٍ عَلى مَن يُطاوِلُ

رَوابي أَبي حَربٍ عَلى مَن يُطاوِلُ

When people count noble deeds, there rise

When people recount virtues,

The hills of Abu Harb above whoever vies with him in height.

The banners of my father Abu Harb tower over all who aspire to equal him.

إِلَيهِم تَناهى مَجدُ كُلِّ قَبيلَةٍ

إِلَيهِم تَناهى مَجدُ كُلِّ قَبيلَةٍ

وَصارَ لَهُم مِنّا الذُرى وَالكَواهِلُ

وَصارَ لَهُم مِنّا الذُرى وَالكَواهِلُ

In them culminates the glory of every tribe,

The glory of every tribe comes to an end with them,

And our summits and shoulders have become theirs.

And they became for us the scions and the elders.

وَأَنتُم زِمامُ اِبنَي نِزارٍ كِلَيهِما

وَأَنتُم زِمامُ اِبنَي نِزارٍ كِلَيهِما

إِذا عُدَّ عِندَ المَشعَرَينِ الفَضائِلُ

إِذا عُدَّ عِندَ المَشعَرَينِ الفَضائِلُ

And you are the reins of both of Nizar’s sons,

You are the reins of both the sons of Nizar,

When merits are counted at the two sacred sites.

When merits are counted among the two Holy Places.

كَفانِيَ سَلمٌ عَضَّ دَهرٍ وَلَم يَزَل

كَفانِيَ سَلمٌ عَضَّ دَهرٍ وَلَم يَزَل

لَهُ عارِضٌ يُردي العُفاةَ وَنائِلُ

لَهُ عارِضٌ يُردي العُفاةَ وَنائِلُ

Salm has shielded me from time’s bite, and he has always had

A stalwart man of a tribe that time has not weakened,

A rain cloud that clothes petitioners, and bounty.

With a critic who makes the immoral fall and attain their wishes.