وَقَعتَ بِعَبسٍ ثُمَّ أَنعَمتَ فيهِمُ

وَقَعتَ بِعَبسٍ ثُمَّ أَنعَمتَ فيهِمُ

وَمِن آلِ بَدرٍ قَد أَصَبتَ الأَكابِرا

وَمِن آلِ بَدرٍ قَد أَصَبتَ الأَكابِرا

You fell upon ʿAbs, then bestowed favors upon them.

You struck them with a frown, then granted them favor,

And you have struck the leading men of the house of Badr.

And from the clan of Badr you have slain the elders.

فَإِن يَشكُروا فَالشُكرُ أَدنى إِلى التُقى

فَإِن يَشكُروا فَالشُكرُ أَدنى إِلى التُقى

وَإِن يَكفُروا لا أُلفَ يا زَيدُ كافِرا

وَإِن يَكفُروا لا أُلفَ يا زَيدُ كافِرا

So if they give thanks, gratitude is nearer to piety.

If they are grateful, gratitude is but basic piety,

And if they are ungrateful, may I not be found ungrateful, O Zayd.

And if they disbelieve, I do not mind, O Zayd, their disbelief.

تَرَكتَ المِياهَ مِن تَميمٍ بَلاقِعاً

تَرَكتَ المِياهَ مِن تَميمٍ بَلاقِعاً

بِما قَد تَرى مِنهُم حُلولاً كَراكِرا

بِما قَد تَرى مِنهُم حُلولاً كَراكِرا

You left the watering places of Tamim desolate,

You left the waters of Tameem empty and ruined,

Where once you would see them encamped in great throngs.

With what you see among them, encampments overturned.

وَحَيَّ سُلَيمٍ قَد أَبَرتَ شَريدَهُم

وَحَيَّ سُلَيمٍ قَد أَبَرتَ شَريدَهُم

وَمِن قَبلُ ما قَتَّلتَ بِالأَمسِ عامِرا

وَمِن قَبلُ ما قَتَّلتَ بِالأَمسِ عامِرا

And the tribe of Sulaym—you have annihilated their fugitives.

And you revived the wanderers of Banu Sulaym,

And before that, you slaughtered ʿAmir yesterday.

When just yesterday you had killed ‘Amir.