أَبَني الحِماسِ أَلَيسَ مِنكُم ماجِدٌ

أَبَني الحِماسِ أَلَيسَ مِنكُم ماجِدٌ

إِنَّ المُروءَةَ في الحِماسِ قَليلُ

إِنَّ المُروءَةَ في الحِماسِ قَليلُ

O sons of al-Himas, is there no noble man among you?

O sons of valor, is there no glorious one among you?

Indeed, manly virtue is scarce among al-Himas.

Indeed, valor is so rare among you!

يا وَيلَ أُمِّكُمُ وَوَيلَ أَبيكُمُ

يا وَيلَ أُمِّكُمُ وَوَيلَ أَبيكُمُ

وَيلاً تَرَدَّدَ فيكُمُ وَعَويلُ

وَيلاً تَرَدَّدَ فيكُمُ وَعَويلُ

Woe to your mother, and woe to your father!

Oh, woe to your mothers! Woe to your fathers!

Woe that echoes among you, and wailing!

Woe that echoes among you with weeping and anguish!

هَيَّجتُمُ حَسّانَ عِندَ ذَكائِهِ

هَيَّجتُمُ حَسّانَ عِندَ ذَكائِهِ

غَيٌّ لِمَن وَلَدَ الحِماسُ طَويلُ

غَيٌّ لِمَن وَلَدَ الحِماسُ طَويلُ

You have provoked Hassan at his sharpest;

You provoked Hassân in his sharpness of mind,

Long-lasting ruin for those whom al-Himas begot!

Woe to him who sired the long lineage of valor!

إِنَّ الحِجاءَ إِلَيكُمُ لَبِعِلَّةٍ

إِنَّ الحِجاءَ إِلَيكُمُ لَبِعِلَّةٍ

فَتَحَشحَشوا إِنَّ الذَليلَ ذَليلُ

فَتَحَشحَشوا إِنَّ الذَليلَ ذَليلُ

Indeed, there is a reason for seeking you out;

You seek help from them out of wretchedness,

So bestir yourselves: the abject are indeed abject.

So gather yourselves - the despised are despised!

لا تَجزَعوا أَن تُنسَبوا لِأَبيكُمُ

لا تَجزَعوا أَن تُنسَبوا لِأَبيكُمُ

فَاللُؤمُ يَبقى وَالجِبالُ تَزولُ

فَاللُؤمُ يَبقى وَالجِبالُ تَزولُ

Do not be distressed at being ascribed to your father;

Do not grieve that you are ascribed to your fathers,

For baseness endures while mountains vanish.

For cowardice remains while mountains pass away.

فَبَنو زِيادٍ لَم تَلِدكَ فُحولُهُم

فَبَنو زِيادٍ لَم تَلِدكَ فُحولُهُم

وَبَنو صَلاءَةَ فَحلُهُم مَشغولُ

وَبَنو صَلاءَةَ فَحلُهُم مَشغولُ

For the sons of Ziyad—their sires did not beget you;

The sons of Ziyâd - their warriors did not birth them!

And the sons of Sala'a—their sire is busy.

And the sons of Salâma - their heroes are preoccupied!

وَسَرى بِكُم تَيسٌ أَجَمُّ مُجَذَّرٌ

وَسَرى بِكُم تَيسٌ أَجَمُّ مُجَذَّرٌ

ما لِلدَمامَةِ عَنكُمُ تَحويلُ

ما لِلدَمامَةِ عَنكُمُ تَحويلُ

And a hornless, squat he-goat traveled with you by night;

An old billy goat slipped by you, very much deeply-rooted!

There is no turning ugliness away from you.

Why does the hyena not turn you away?

فَاللُؤمُ حَلَّ عَلى الحَماسِ فَما لَهُم

فَاللُؤمُ حَلَّ عَلى الحَماسِ فَما لَهُم

كَهلٌ يَسودُ وَلا فَتىً بُهلولُ

كَهلٌ يَسودُ وَلا فَتىً بُهلولُ

For baseness has settled upon al-Himas, so they have no

Cowardice has befallen Al-Himâs, so they have

mature man who leads, nor any noble youth.

No elderly man who darkens nor spirited youth!