لَقَد نادى أَميرُكَ بِاِبتِكارِ

لَقَد نادى أَميرُكَ بِاِبتِكارِ

وَلَم يَلوُوا عَلَيكِ وَلَم تُزاري

وَلَم يَلوُوا عَلَيكِ وَلَم تُزاري

Your chief indeed called for an early departure,

Your prince has called for innovation

and they did not turn back for you, nor were you visited.

And they did not twist against you nor were conniving

وَقَد رَفَعَ الظَعائِنُ يَومَ رَهبى

وَقَد رَفَعَ الظَعائِنُ يَومَ رَهبى

بِروحٍ مِن فُؤادِكِ مُستَطارِ

بِروحٍ مِن فُؤادِكِ مُستَطارِ

And on the day of Rahba the women in their litters sped away

And the slanderers raised on the day I feared

with a distraught spirit from your heart.

With a spirit from your heart that was impactful

ذَكَرتُكِ بِالجَمومِ وَيَومَ مَرَّوا

ذَكَرتُكِ بِالجَمومِ وَيَومَ مَرَّوا

عَلى مَرّانَ راجَعَني اِدِّكاري

عَلى مَرّانَ راجَعَني اِدِّكاري

I remembered you at al-Jamum, and on the day they passed

I remembered you with sorrow and on the day they passed

by Marran, my remembrance returned to me.

On Marran, reminiscing brought me back

وَتَيمٌ يَفخَرونَ وَضَربُ تَيمٍ

وَتَيمٌ يَفخَرونَ وَضَربُ تَيمٍ

كَضَربِ الزَيفِ بارَ عَلى التِجارِ

كَضَربِ الزَيفِ بارَ عَلى التِجارِ

Taym boast, yet Taym's stock

And Taym boasts, and the hitting of Taym

is like counterfeit coinage, unsaleable to merchants.

Is like the hitting of fraud upon the merchants

وَتُعرَفُ بِالمَنازِلِ يا اِبنَ تَيمٍ

وَتُعرَفُ بِالمَنازِلِ يا اِبنَ تَيمٍ

لَئيمَ الضَربِ مُطَّرِفَ النِجارِ

لَئيمَ الضَربِ مُطَّرِفَ النِجارِ

You are known in the settlements, son of Taym,

And you are known, O son of Taym

as base in stock and borrowed in lineage.

For vile hitting and twisting of carpentry

رُوَيداً لِاِفتِخارِكَ يا اِبنَ تَيمٍ

رُوَيداً لِاِفتِخارِكَ يا اِبنَ تَيمٍ

رَقيقاً ما عَتَقتَ مِنَ الإِسارِ

رَقيقاً ما عَتَقتَ مِنَ الإِسارِ

Go slowly with your boasting, son of Taym:

Gently, for your boasting, O son of Taym

a slave—you have not been freed from captivity.

Softly, what you have freed from captivity

تَذَكَّر هَل تُفاخِرُ يا اِبنَ تَيمٍ

تَذَكَّر هَل تُفاخِرُ يا اِبنَ تَيمٍ

بِفَرعٍ أَو لِأَصلِكَ مِن قَرارِ

بِفَرعٍ أَو لِأَصلِكَ مِن قَرارِ

Consider: can you boast, son of Taym,

Remember, do you boast, O son of Taym

of a branch, or has your root any firm footing?

Of a branch or your origin from settlement?

فَما عَرَفوا السِباقَ وَما تَجَلَّت

فَما عَرَفوا السِباقَ وَما تَجَلَّت

وُجوهُ التَيمِ مِن قَتَمِ الغُبارِ

وُجوهُ التَيمِ مِن قَتَمِ الغُبارِ

For they have never known racing, nor have

For they did not know the race, nor did

the faces of Taym emerged from the dark haze of dust.

The faces of Taym clear from the dust of running

أَتَطلُبُ سابِقَ الحَلَباتِ تَيمٌ

أَتَطلُبُ سابِقَ الحَلَباتِ تَيمٌ

تَقَدَّمَ في المَواطِنِ إِذ يُجاري

تَقَدَّمَ في المَواطِنِ إِذ يُجاري

Does Taym seek the champion of the racecourses,

Does Taym seek the foremost of racetracks

who took the lead on the battlefields when he competed,

While he excelled in the positions when competing?

صَريحاً لَم تَلِد أَبَوَيهِ تَيمٌ

صَريحاً لَم تَلِد أَبَوَيهِ تَيمٌ

وَلَم يُنسَب لِأُختِ بَني حُذارِ

وَلَم يُنسَب لِأُختِ بَني حُذارِ

a purebred, neither of whose parents Taym bore,

Clearly, neither of his parents bore Taym

nor was he descended from the sister of Banu Hudhar?

Nor was he ascribed to the sister of Bani Hudhayr

لَعَمرُ أَبيكَ ما شَجَراتُ تَيمٍ

لَعَمرُ أَبيكَ ما شَجَراتُ تَيمٍ

مِنَ النَبعِ العَتيقِ وَلا النُضارِ

مِنَ النَبعِ العَتيقِ وَلا النُضارِ

By your father's life, the trees of Taym are not

By the life of your father, the trees of Taym

of noble nabʿ-wood, nor of nudar-wood.

Are not from the ancient spring, nor the tender

وَقَد عَلِمَت تَميمٌ أَنَّ تَيماً

وَقَد عَلِمَت تَميمٌ أَنَّ تَيماً

بَعيدٌ حينَ يُنسَبُ مِن نِزارِ

بَعيدٌ حينَ يُنسَبُ مِن نِزارِ

And Tamim know that Taym

And Tamim knew that Taym,

stand far from Nizar when their descent is traced.

When ascribed from Nizari, is far off

فَأَنتُم عائِذونَ بِآلِ سَعدٍ

فَأَنتُم عائِذونَ بِآلِ سَعدٍ

بِعَقدِ الحِلفِ أَو سَبَبِ الجِوارِ

بِعَقدِ الحِلفِ أَو سَبَبِ الجِوارِ

So you seek refuge with the clan of Sa'd,

For you take refuge in the family of Sa'd

through the covenant of alliance or the bond of neighborly protection.

By the pact of alliance, or cause of neighborhood

نَعُدُّ تَميمَنا وَتَعُدُّ تَيماً

نَعُدُّ تَميمَنا وَتَعُدُّ تَيماً

فَقَد أُرديتَ في اللُجَجِ الغِمارِ

فَقَد أُرديتَ في اللُجَجِ الغِمارِ

We count our Tamim, and you count Taym;

We count our Tamim, and you count Taym

so you have been cast to ruin in the engulfing depths.

So you have fallen into the dark depths

لَنا عَمروٌ عَلَيكَ وَآلُ سَعدٍ

لَنا عَمروٌ عَلَيكَ وَآلُ سَعدٍ

وَثَروَةُ دارِمٍ وَحَصى الجِمارِ

وَثَروَةُ دارِمٍ وَحَصى الجِمارِ

We have Amr to boast over you, and the clan of Sa'd,

For us there is 'Amr over you and the family of Sa'd

and Darim's multitudes, and the pebbles of the massed clans.

And Darim's wealth and pebbles of rocks

وَجَوّازُ الحَجيجِ لَنا عَلَيكُم

وَجَوّازُ الحَجيجِ لَنا عَلَيكُم

وَعادِيُّ المَكارِمِ وَالمَنارِ

وَعادِيُّ المَكارِمِ وَالمَنارِ

And the pilgrims' conductor is ours to boast over you,

And the crossing guide of pilgrims is ours over you

and age-old noble deeds and beacons.

As is the competitor of honors and minarets

وَخالي مِن خُزَيمَةَ يا اِبنَ تَيمٍ

وَخالي مِن خُزَيمَةَ يا اِبنَ تَيمٍ

عَظيمُ البَيتِ مُرتَفِعُ السَواري

عَظيمُ البَيتِ مُرتَفِعُ السَواري

And my maternal uncle is of Khuzayma, son of Taym,

And my uncle from Khuzaymah, O son of Taym

his house great, its pillars towering.

Of great house, lofty walls

لَقَد وُجِدَ اِبنُ بَرزَةَ يَومَ جارى

لَقَد وُجِدَ اِبنُ بَرزَةَ يَومَ جارى

بَطيئاً عَن مُرافَعَةِ الخِطارِ

بَطيئاً عَن مُرافَعَةِ الخِطارِ

Indeed, Ibn Barza, on the day he competed, was found

The son of Barzah was found, the day he contended

slow to raise the stakes.

Slow from engaging perils

فَكَيفَ تَرى جِذابي يا اِبنَ تَيمٍ

فَكَيفَ تَرى جِذابي يا اِبنَ تَيمٍ

وَقَد قُرِّنتُمُ قَرَنَ البِكارِ

وَقَد قُرِّنتُمُ قَرَنَ البِكارِ

How, then, do you find my tugging, son of Taym,

How then do you see my pulling, O son of Taym

now that you are bound with the young camels' coupling-rope?

When you've been paired, pair of the virgins?

فَلَستَ مُفارِقاً قَرَنَيَّ حَتّى

فَلَستَ مُفارِقاً قَرَنَيَّ حَتّى

يَطولَ تَصَعُّدي بِكَ وَاِنحِداري

يَطولَ تَصَعُّدي بِكَ وَاِنحِداري

You will not part from my two tethers until

I'm not separating from my pair until

my hauling you up and down has gone on long.

My ascent with you lengthens and my descent

وَما بِالمَيسِ يَرحَلُ وَفدُ تَيمٍ

وَما بِالمَيسِ يَرحَلُ وَفدُ تَيمٍ

وَلَكِن بِالسَوِيَّةِ وَالحِصارِ

وَلَكِن بِالسَوِيَّةِ وَالحِصارِ

Not on mays-wood saddles do Taym's envoys travel,

It's not with bounty the delegation of Taym travels

but on saddle-pads and cushion-saddles.

Rather with level ground and siege

وَجَدنا التَيمَ مِن سَبَإٍ وَتَيمٌ

وَجَدنا التَيمَ مِن سَبَإٍ وَتَيمٌ

مُجاوِرَةُ القُرودِ مَعَ الوِبارِ

مُجاوِرَةُ القُرودِ مَعَ الوِبارِ

We found Taym to be from Saba', and Taym

We found Taym from Saba' and Taym

are neighbors of monkeys, living with hyraxes.

Is neighboring monkeys with the hyenas

فَإِن تَجزوا بِنِعمَتِنا شَكَرتُم

فَإِن تَجزوا بِنِعمَتِنا شَكَرتُم

رِياحاً أَو فَوارِسَ ذي الخِمارِ

رِياحاً أَو فَوارِسَ ذي الخِمارِ

If you repay our favor, you will thank

So if you suffice with our bounty, you thank

Riyah or the horsemen of Dhu al-Khimar.

Winds or horsemen of Khimar

أَتَعدِلُ لَيلَ أَيسَرَ مُستَنيماً

أَتَعدِلُ لَيلَ أَيسَرَ مُستَنيماً

بِلَيلِ المُلجَماتِ عَلى سَفارِ

بِلَيلِ المُلجَماتِ عَلى سَفارِ

Do you, sleeping at ease, equate the night of Aysar

Can I equate a night of restful sleep

with the night of the bridled mares at Safar,

To a night of veils upon litters?

تَوالى في المَرابِطِ مُقرَباتٍ

تَوالى في المَرابِطِ مُقرَباتٍ

طَواهُنَّ المُغارُ عَلى اِقوِرارِ

طَواهُنَّ المُغارُ عَلى اِقوِرارِ

one after another at their tethers, kept close at hand,

Succeeding in the stationed abodes

made lean by raiding, their bodies drawn tight?

Their caves covered them in buried mounds

نُعَشّيها الغَبوقَ عَلى بَنينا

نُعَشّيها الغَبوقَ عَلى بَنينا

وَنُطعِمُها المُحيلَ عَلى الصَغارِ

وَنُطعِمُها المُحيلَ عَلى الصَغارِ

We give them evening milk before our sons,

We make them break their fasts over our sons

and feed them year-old grain before the little ones.

And feed them truffles over the young

وَقَد عَلِمَ اِبنُ أَبحَرَ أَنَّ خَيلي

وَقَد عَلِمَ اِبنُ أَبحَرَ أَنَّ خَيلي

غَداةَ الجُمدِ صادِقَةُ الغِوارِ

غَداةَ الجُمدِ صادِقَةُ الغِوارِ

And Ibn Abhar knows that my horses

And the son of Abhar knows my horses

on the morning of al-Jumd were true in the assault.

On the morning of frost are honest in charge

قَرَعنَ بِنا كَتائِبَ آلِ نَصرٍ

قَرَعنَ بِنا كَتائِبَ آلِ نَصرٍ

وَزَحفَ المُنذِرَينِ وَذي المُرارِ

وَزَحفَ المُنذِرَينِ وَذي المُرارِ

Bearing us, they struck the battalions of the house of Nasr,

They clashed with us the regiments of Bani Nasr

and the advancing host of the two Mundhirs and Dhu al-Murar.

And the advance of the warners and the bitter

وَهاماتِ الجَبابِرِ قَد صَدَعنا

وَهاماتِ الجَبابِرِ قَد صَدَعنا

كَأَنَّ عِظامَها فِلَقُ المَحارِ

كَأَنَّ عِظامَها فِلَقُ المَحارِ

And we have split the skulls of tyrants,

The obtuse of the giants, we cracked them

as though their bones were fragments of seashells.

As if their bones were shells of seashells

فَما شَهِدَت رِجالُ التَيمِ حَرباً

فَما شَهِدَت رِجالُ التَيمِ حَرباً

وَلا أَيّامَ طِخفَةَ وَالنِسارِ

وَلا أَيّامَ طِخفَةَ وَالنِسارِ

For the men of Taym have witnessed no war,

So the men of Taym did not witness war

nor the days of Tikhfa and al-Nisar.

Nor the days of Tikhfah and scattering