ألا إنّ قَوْمًا كُنتمُ أمسِ دُونَهُمْ

ألا إنّ قَوْمًا كُنتمُ أمسِ دُونَهُمْ

همْ مَنعوا جاراتِكُمْ آلَ غُدْرَانِ

همْ مَنعوا جاراتِكُمْ آلَ غُدْرَانِ

Lo, a people beneath whom you stood yesterday—

Alas! You were yesterday beneath a people,

It was they who protected your women neighbors, O clan of Ghudrān.

They who denied protection to your neighbors, the treacherous sons of Ghudran,

عُوَيرٌ ومَن مِثلُ العُوَيرِ وَرَهْطِهِ

عُوَيرٌ ومَن مِثلُ العُوَيرِ وَرَهْطِهِ

وَأسْعَدَ في لَيْلِ البَلابلِ صَفْوَانُ

وَأسْعَدَ في لَيْلِ البَلابلِ صَفْوَانُ

ʿUwayr—and who is like al-ʿUwayr and his kinsmen?

Uwayr and the likes of Uwayr and his group,

And Ṣafwān gave aid in the night of troubles.

And As'ad who was overjoyed during the night of misfortune.

ثِيَابُ بَني عَوْفٍ طَهَارَى نَقِيّةٌ

ثِيَابُ بَني عَوْفٍ طَهَارَى نَقِيّةٌ

وَأوْجُهُهُمْ عِنْدَ المَشَاهدِ غُرَّانُ

وَأوْجُهُهُمْ عِنْدَ المَشَاهدِ غُرَّانُ

The garments of the sons of ʿAwf are pure and clean,

The garments of the clan of ‘Awf are clean and pure,

And their faces at gatherings are radiant.

And their faces at places of prayer are glowing.

هُمُ أَبلَغُوا الحَيَّ المُضَلَّلَ أَهْلَهمْ

هُمُ أَبلَغُوا الحَيَّ المُضَلَّلَ أَهْلَهمْ

وساروا بهمْ بينَ العراقِ ونجرانِ

وساروا بهمْ بينَ العراقِ ونجرانِ

They brought the lost clan to their families,

They have made the misguided people reach their families,

And traveled with them between Iraq and Najrān.

And have taken them on the journey between Iraq and Najran.

فَقَدْ أصْبَحُوا وَالله أصْفَاهُمُ بِهِ

فَقَدْ أصْبَحُوا وَالله أصْفَاهُمُ بِهِ

أبرَّ بميثاقٍ وأوفى بِجِيرانِ

أبرَّ بميثاقٍ وأوفى بِجِيرانِ

So they have become—and God has favored them with this—

So by Allah they have become the purest of people through it,

More faithful to a covenant and more loyal to neighbors.

More loyal to covenants and kinder to neighbors.