لَعَمرُكَ ما تَنفَكُّ عَن طَلَبِ الخَنا

لَعَمرُكَ ما تَنفَكُّ عَن طَلَبِ الخَنا

بَنو زُهرَةَ الأَنذالُ ما عاشَ واحِدُ

بَنو زُهرَةَ الأَنذالُ ما عاشَ واحِدُ

By your life, they never cease pursuing obscenity—

By your life! The tribe of Banu Zuhrah will never cease

The vile sons of Zuhrah, so long as a single one lives.

Seeking to do evil; the base-born never lived honorably.

لِئامٌ مَساعيها قِصارٌ جُدودُها

لِئامٌ مَساعيها قِصارٌ جُدودُها

عَلى الخَيرِ لِلجارِ الغَريبِ مَحاشِدُ

عَلى الخَيرِ لِلجارِ الغَريبِ مَحاشِدُ

Base are their endeavors, meager their fortunes;

Their natures are mean, their ancestries ignoble,

They band together against kindness to the foreign neighbor.

Yet to a neighbor, even a stranger, they are steadfast friends.

وَما مِنهُمُ عِندَ المَكارِمِ وَالعُلى

وَما مِنهُمُ عِندَ المَكارِمِ وَالعُلى

إِذا حَضَرَت يَوماً مِنَ الدَهرِ ماجِدُ

إِذا حَضَرَت يَوماً مِنَ الدَهرِ ماجِدُ

And none among them, amid noble deeds and glory,

And among them, in times of crisis and nobility,

When these arise one day in the course of time, is a man of honor.

Are found many glories, ancient and modern.