أَرى كُلَّ عودٍ نابِتاً في أَرومَةٍ

أَرى كُلَّ عودٍ نابِتاً في أَرومَةٍ

أَبى نَسَبُ العيدانِ أَن يَتَغَيَّرا

أَبى نَسَبُ العيدانِ أَن يَتَغَيَّرا

I see every branch growing from a rootstock;

I see every branch growing in a meadow

the lineage of the branches refuses to change.

Refusing the lineage of sticks to change

بَنو الصالِحينَ الصالِحونَ وَمَن يَكُن

بَنو الصالِحينَ الصالِحونَ وَمَن يَكُن

لآِباءِ سوءٍ يَلقَهُم حَيثُ سَيَّرا

لآِباءِ سوءٍ يَلقَهُم حَيثُ سَيَّرا

The sons of the righteous are righteous; and whoever is

The righteous beget the righteous, and he who is

born to wicked fathers meets them wherever he travels.

Of wicked fathers, meets them where they were led

أَبوكَ هِنابٌ سارقُ الضَيفِ بُردَهُ

أَبوكَ هِنابٌ سارقُ الضَيفِ بُردَهُ

وَجَدِّيَ يا حَجَّاجُ فارِسُ شَمَّرا

وَجَدِّيَ يا حَجَّاجُ فارِسُ شَمَّرا

Your father, Hinab, steals the guest’s cloak;

Your father is a thief, stealing the cloak of guests

and my grandfather, O Hajjaj, is the rider of Shammar.

While my grandfather, O Hajjaj, a horseman who pushed up his sleeves