لَعَمرُكَ ما أَضاعَ بَنو زِيادٍ

لَعَمرُكَ ما أَضاعَ بَنو زِيادٍ

ذِمارَ أَبيهِمِ فيمَن يُضيعُ

ذِمارَ أَبيهِمِ فيمَن يُضيعُ

By your life, the sons of Ziyad have not neglected

By your life! The sons of Ziyad

Their father's honor, as others neglect theirs.

Did not let the glory of their father fade,

بَنو جِنَّيَّةٍ وَلَدَت سُيوفاً

بَنو جِنَّيَّةٍ وَلَدَت سُيوفاً

صَوارِمُ كُلُّها ذَكَرٌ صَنيعُ

صَوارِمُ كُلُّها ذَكَرٌ صَنيعُ

Sons of a jinn-woman who gave birth to swords,

The sons of Jinniyya bore swords,

Keen-edged, each one male and finely forged.

All resolute blades of skillful make.

وجارتهم حصانٌ لن تزنى

وجارتهم حصانٌ لن تزنى

وطاعمة الشتاء فما تجوع

وطاعمة الشتاء فما تجوع

And their woman-neighbor is chaste, never to be defiled,

Their neighbor, an inviolate mare,

And well-fed in winter, so she never goes hungry.

Well-fed in winter, never goes hungry.

شَرى وُدّي وَشُكري مِن بَعيدٍ

شَرى وُدّي وَشُكري مِن بَعيدٍ

لِآخِرِ غالِبٍ أَبَداً رَبيعُ

لِآخِرِ غالِبٍ أَبَداً رَبيعُ

From afar, my love and gratitude were bought

My love and gratitude from afar

By Rabiʿ, forever, for Ghalib's line to its last.

To the ever-victorious Spring!