أَخي وَاللَهِ خَيرٌ مِن أَخيكُم

أَخي وَاللَهِ خَيرٌ مِن أَخيكُم

إِذا ما لَم يَجِد بَطَلُ مُقاما

إِذا ما لَم يَجِد بَطَلُ مُقاما

My brother, by God, is better than your brother,

My brother, by Allah, is better than your brother

When a champion finds nowhere to stand.

When a hero cannot find a place to stay

أَخي وَاللَهِ خَيرٌ مِن أَخيكُم

أَخي وَاللَهِ خَيرٌ مِن أَخيكُم

إِذا ما لَم يَجِد راعٍ مَساما

إِذا ما لَم يَجِد راعٍ مَساما

My brother, by God, is better than your brother,

My brother, by Allah, is better than your brother

When a shepherd finds no pasture.

When a shepherd cannot find a pasture

أَخي وَاللَهِ خَيرٌ مِن أَخيكُم

أَخي وَاللَهِ خَيرٌ مِن أَخيكُم

إِذا الخَفراتِ أَبدَينَ الخِداما

إِذا الخَفراتِ أَبدَينَ الخِداما

My brother, by God, is better than your brother,

My brother, by Allah, is better than your brother

When modest women bare their anklets.

When the guards show their servants

قَتَلتُ بِهِ أَخاكَ وَخَيرَ سَعدٍ

قَتَلتُ بِهِ أَخاكَ وَخَيرَ سَعدٍ

فَإِن حَرباً حُذيفَ وَإِن سَلاما

فَإِن حَرباً حُذيفَ وَإِن سَلاما

For him I killed your brother and the best of Sa‘d,

I killed your brother and the best of Saad

So, Hudhayf, be it war or peace.

So if it is war, Hudhaifa, and if it is peace

تَرُدُّ الحَربَ ثعلَبَةُ بنُ سَعدٍ

تَرُدُّ الحَربَ ثعلَبَةُ بنُ سَعدٍ

بِحَمدِ اللَهِ يَرعونَ البِهاما

بِحَمدِ اللَهِ يَرعونَ البِهاما

Tha‘labah son of Sa‘d repels war;

Tha'labah ibn Saad turns back the war

Praise be to God, they pasture the lambs and kids.

By the grace of Allah, they pasture the camels

وتغني مُرّةَ الأثرين عنا

وتغني مُرّةَ الأثرين عنا

عروجُ الشاءِ تتركُه قياما

عروجُ الشاءِ تتركُه قياما

And self-seeking Murrah is spared the need for us,

And Murrah's singing spared us

By lame sheep that leave him standing.

The grazing sheep leave it standing

وَكَيفَ تَقولُ صَبرُ بَني حَجانٍ

وَكَيفَ تَقولُ صَبرُ بَني حَجانٍ

إِذا غَرِضوا وَلَم يَجِدوا مُقاما

إِذا غَرِضوا وَلَم يَجِدوا مُقاما

And how can you speak of the steadfastness of the sons of Hajan,

And how can you say the patience of Banu Hajan

When they grow weary and find no place to stand?

When they were aggrieved and found no place to stay

وَلَولا آلُ مرة قَد رَأَيتُم

وَلَولا آلُ مرة قَد رَأَيتُم

نَواصِيَهُنَّ يَنضونَ القَتاما

نَواصِيَهُنَّ يَنضونَ القَتاما

And but for the house of Murrah, you would have seen

And were it not for the family of Murrah, you would have seen

Their forelocks shaking off the dust.

Their temples braiding their hair