كُفِيتَ العِدى وَوُقيتَ الرَدى

كُفِيتَ العِدى وَوُقيتَ الرَدى

فَما زِلتَ تَعمُرُ رَبعَ النَدى

فَما زِلتَ تَعمُرُ رَبعَ النَدى

May you be spared your foes and shielded from death.

You have been spared the harm and kept safe from ruin

For you have never ceased to make generosity's abode flourish.

So you continue inhabiting the land of greenery

فَلَم أَرَ مِثلَكَ قادَ الجِيادَ

فَلَم أَرَ مِثلَكَ قادَ الجِيادَ

مُجَلَّلَةً بِثِيابِ الوَغى

مُجَلَّلَةً بِثِيابِ الوَغى

For I have never seen your equal lead steeds

I have not seen anyone like you leading the steeds

draped in the garments of war.

Adorned in the clothes of turmoil

كَأَنَّكَ تَشتاقُ يَومَ الهِياجِ

كَأَنَّكَ تَشتاقُ يَومَ الهِياجِ

كَما اِشتاقَتِ الماءَ ذاتُ الصَدى

كَما اِشتاقَتِ الماءَ ذاتُ الصَدى

You seem to yearn for the day of battle,

As if you yearn for the day of commotion

as one parched with thirst longs for water.

As the echoing valley yearns for water

وَسَيفُكَ أَفنى العِدى في البِلادِ

وَسَيفُكَ أَفنى العِدى في البِلادِ

فَهَذي السُيوفُ فَأَينَ العِدى

فَهَذي السُيوفُ فَأَينَ العِدى

And your sword has annihilated the foes in the lands;

And your sword destroyed the enemies in the countries

so here are the swords—where, then, are the foes?

So these are the swords, but where are the enemies?

فِداكَ المُلوكُ مِنَ النائِباتِ

فِداكَ المُلوكُ مِنَ النائِباتِ

وَإِن لَم يَكُونُوا مَكانَ الفِدا

وَإِن لَم يَكُونُوا مَكانَ الفِدا

May the kings be your ransom against calamities,

You have saved the kings from adversities

even if they are not worthy to serve as ransom.

And even if they cannot repay you

فَإِنَّكَ أَكرَمُ مِن حاتِمٍ

فَإِنَّكَ أَكرَمُ مِن حاتِمٍ

يَميناً وَأَبعَدُ مِنهُ مَدى

يَميناً وَأَبعَدُ مِنهُ مَدى

For you are more generous than Hatim

You are more generous than Hatem

in your right hand's bounty, and farther-reaching than he.

In giving and farther in range