إلىto آلthe family of بيتthe house of أبيAbū (father of) مالكMālik
إلى آل بيت أبي مالك
مناخa resting-place هوit الأرحبthe most spacious الأسهلُthe easiest of access
مناخ هو الأرحب الأسهلُ
With the family of Abū Mālik's house
To the family of Abu Malik
is a resting-place, the most spacious and easiest of access.
Our climate is the most spacious, easiest
نَمُتُّwe claim kinship بأرحامناthrough our blood ties الداخلاentering (word continues)
نَمُتُّ بأرحامنا الداخلا
تcompletes 'entering' منfrom حيثwhere لاnot يُنكرis denied المدخلُthe entrance
ت من حيث لا يُنكر المدخلُ
We claim kinship through our blood ties, which enter
We slept in our inner worlds that entered
from where the entrance is not denied.
From where no entrance is denied
ببرَّةَthrough Barra والنضرِand al-Naḍr والمالكيـand the two Māliks (word continues)
ببرَّةَ والنضرِ والمالكيـ
ـنcompletes 'the two Māliks' رهطa clan هوit الأنبلthe noblest الأنبلُthe noblest
ـن رهط هو الأنبل الأنبلُ
Through Barra, al-Naḍr, and the two Māliks—
With the innocence, blossoming and angelic
a clan that is the noblest, the noblest.
The most noble of the noble clan
وبابنيand through the two sons of خزيمةKhuzayma بدرthe full moon of السماthe sky (word continues)
وبابني خزيمة بدر السما
ءcompletes 'sky' والشمسand the sun مفتاحthe key to ماwhat نأكلwe eat
ء والشمس مفتاح ما نأكل
And through Khuzayma's two sons, the full moon of the sky
And my two sons Khazima the full moon
and the sun—the key to what we eat.
And the sun is the key to what we eat
وجدناwe found قريشاًQuraysh قريشQuraysh of البطاحthe valley floors
وجدنا قريشاً قريش البطاح
علىupon ماwhat بنىbuilt الأولُthe first الأولُthe first (emphatic)
على ما بنى الأولُ الأولُ
We found Quraysh, the Quraysh of the valley floors,
We found Quraish, Quraish of the valley
upon what the first, the very first, had built.
On what the first built, the first
بهمthrough them صلحbecame upright الناسthe people بعدafter الفساcorruption (word continues)
بهم صلح الناس بعد الفسا
دcompletes 'corruption' وحيصand was stitched up منof الفتقthe rending ماwhat رعبلواthey tore to shreds
د وحيص من الفتق ما رعبلوا
Through them the people were set right after corruption,
Through them the people reconciled after corruption
and the rents they had torn ragged were stitched up.
And gathered from the discord what they entangled