آلُ المُهلَّبِ قَومٌ خُوِّلوا كَرَما

آلُ المُهلَّبِ قَومٌ خُوِّلوا كَرَما

ما نَالَهُ عَرَبيُّ وَلا كادا

ما نَالَهُ عَرَبيُّ وَلا كادا

The house of al-Muhallab are a people endowed with nobility

The family of Al Muhalab are people who were granted generosity

that no Arab has attained, nor even approached.

No Arab attained it nor did any strive for it

لَو قيلَ لِلمَجدِ حِد عَنهُم وَخَلِّهم

لَو قيلَ لِلمَجدِ حِد عَنهُم وَخَلِّهم

بِما اِحتَكَمتَ مِنَ الدُنيا لَما حادا

بِما اِحتَكَمتَ مِنَ الدُنيا لَما حادا

If Glory were told, 'Turn aside from them and leave them,

If excellence was told, "Stop at them and leave them be"

for whatever you demand of this world,' it would not turn aside.

Based on what you arbitrated of worldly things, it would not swerve

إِنَّ المَكارِمَ أَرواحٌ يَكونُ لَها

إِنَّ المَكارِمَ أَرواحٌ يَكونُ لَها

آلُ المُهَلَّبِ دونَ الناسِ أَجسادا

آلُ المُهَلَّبِ دونَ الناسِ أَجسادا

Indeed, noble virtues are spirits whose

Indeed, virtues are spirits that come to have

bodies are the house of al-Muhallab alone among men.

The family of Al Muhalab, beyond the people, as bodies

آلُ المُهَلَّبِ قَومُ إِن مَدَحتُهُم

آلُ المُهَلَّبِ قَومُ إِن مَدَحتُهُم

كانوا الأَكارِمَ آباءً وَأَجدادا

كانوا الأَكارِمَ آباءً وَأَجدادا

The house of al-Muhallab are a people who, if I praise them,

The family of Al Muhal Lab, if I were to praise them

have been the noblest in their fathers and forefathers.

They would be the most virtuous of fathers and forefathers

إِنَّ العَرانينَ تَلقاها مُحَسَّدَةً

إِنَّ العَرانينَ تَلقاها مُحَسَّدَةً

وَلا تَرى لِلِئام الناسِ حُسّادا

وَلا تَرى لِلِئام الناسِ حُسّادا

Indeed, you find the leading men much envied,

Indeed, they meet envious people while feeling wretched

but you see no enviers of the base among men.

And you do not see the vile people envying them

كَم حاسِدٍ لَهمُ يَعيا بِفَضلِهُمُ

كَم حاسِدٍ لَهمُ يَعيا بِفَضلِهُمُ

ما نالَ مِثلَ مَساعيهِم وَلا كادا

ما نالَ مِثلَ مَساعيهِم وَلا كادا

How many an envier of theirs is confounded by their excellence:

How many envious ones there are who grumble about their merit

he has not matched their achievements, nor even come close.

None attained the like of their efforts nor did any strive