وصَلْتُ مِن حَنْظَلَةَ الأُسْطُمَّا

وصَلْتُ مِن حَنْظَلَةَ الأُسْطُمَّا

وَالعَدَدَ الغُطامِطَ الغِطَمّا

وَالعَدَدَ الغُطامِطَ الغِطَمّا

I reached the noble heart of Hanzala,

I have come from Hanthalah's thickets,

And the teeming, immense multitude.

And the many-hilled places abounding in rocks and stones,

ثُمَّتَ جِئْتُ حَيَّة أَصَمّا

ثُمَّتَ جِئْتُ حَيَّة أَصَمّا

ضَخْماً يُحِبُّ الخُلُق الأَضْخَمَّا

ضَخْماً يُحِبُّ الخُلُق الأَضْخَمَّا

Then I came as a deaf serpent,

Then you came, a deaf adder,

Huge, loving the grandest character.

Huge, loving the hugest forms,

وَهْيَ تُرِيكَ مِعْضَداً وَمِعْصَما

وَهْيَ تُرِيكَ مِعْضَداً وَمِعْصَما

عَبْلاً وَأَطْرافَ بَنانٍ مُعْنَما

عَبْلاً وَأَطْرافَ بَنانٍ مُعْنَما

While she shows you an upper arm and a wrist,

She shows you an arm and wrist,

Plump, and fingertips red as ʿanam shoots.

Stout, with spreading fingers,

تَيْماءُ لا يَنْجُو بِها مَنْ دَوَّما

تَيْماءُ لا يَنْجُو بِها مَنْ دَوَّما

إِذَا عَلاها ذُو انْقِباضٍ أَجْذَما

إِذَا عَلاها ذُو انْقِباضٍ أَجْذَما

A waterless waste, where none who circles about escapes;

Deadly Teyma that spares none who dares approach her,

When a swift traveler takes to it, he hastens onward.

When she is approached by one of coiled form, dwarfish,

مَنْ خَرَّ في قَمْقامِنا تَقَمْقَما

مَنْ خَرَّ في قَمْقامِنا تَقَمْقَما

كَأَنَّه في هُوَّةٍ تَذَحلَما

كَأَنَّه في هُوَّةٍ تَذَحلَما

Whoever falls into our vast sea is engulfed,

Whoever descends into our deep hollows,

As though he had tumbled into an abyss,

Is as though he descends into clefts that subside with him,

كَما هَوى فِرعَونُ إِذ تَغَمغَما

كَما هَوى فِرعَونُ إِذ تَغَمغَما

تَحْتَ ظِلالِ المَوْجِ إِذْ تَدَأَّما

تَحْتَ ظِلالِ المَوْجِ إِذْ تَدَأَّما

As Pharaoh sank, gurgling,

As Pharaoh plunged down when he drowned,

Beneath the shadows of the waves as they surged.

Beneath the waves billowing as he sank.

وَلَمْ يَزَلْ عِزُّ تَمِيمٍ مُدْعَما

وَلَمْ يَزَلْ عِزُّ تَمِيمٍ مُدْعَما

لِلنّاسِ يَدْعُو هَيْقَماً فَهَيْقَما

لِلنّاسِ يَدْعُو هَيْقَماً فَهَيْقَما

And Tamim's might has ever stood buttressed,

Yet the glory of Temim remains steadfast,

Calling to men, one towering man after another.

Calling the people, who answer the call;

كَالبَحْرِ ما لَقَّمْتَهُ تَلَقَّما

كَالبَحْرِ ما لَقَّمْتَهُ تَلَقَّما

وَمَن أَرَيْنَاه الطَرِيق اسْتَلْحَما

وَمَن أَرَيْنَاه الطَرِيق اسْتَلْحَما

Like the sea, it swallows whatever you feed it.

As the sea whatever you throw to it swallows,

And whoever we showed the way kept to it,

And whoever we guide finds the road easy,

وَمَنْ هَمَزْنا رَأْسَهُ تَهَشَّما

وَمَنْ هَمَزْنا رَأْسَهُ تَهَشَّما

فَأَرْغَمَ اللَّهُ الأُنُوفَ الرُغَّما

فَأَرْغَمَ اللَّهُ الأُنُوفَ الرُغَّما

And whoever we jabbed on the head was shattered.

And whoever's head we tap is shattered;

So may God rub the humbled noses in dust,

So God broke the proud noses,

مَجْدُوعَها وَالعَنِتَ المُخَشَّما

مَجْدُوعَها وَالعَنِتَ المُخَشَّما

يَهْوُونَ عَنْ أَرْكانِ عِزٍّ يُشْتَما

يَهْوُونَ عَنْ أَرْكانِ عِزٍّ يُشْتَما

The severed among them, and the broken, crushed ones.

And humbled the rancorous and inveterate.

They tumble from the pillars of a might that is reviled,

They recoil from the pillars of glory they defame,

لا ظالِمَ الناسِ وَلا مُظَلَّما

لا ظالِمَ الناسِ وَلا مُظَلَّما

وَلَم أَزَلْ عَنْ عِرْضِ قَوْمِي مِرْجَما

وَلَم أَزَلْ عَنْ عِرْضِ قَوْمِي مِرْجَما

Neither wronging people nor suffering wrong.

Wronging no people, and wronged by none,

And I have ever been a stone-hurler defending my people's honor,

Nor have I ever swerved from guarding my people,

بِهَدْرِ هَدّارٍ يَمُجُّ البَلْغَما

بِهَدْرِ هَدّارٍ يَمُجُّ البَلْغَما

لا خَرِعَ العَظْمِ وَلا مُوَصَّما

لا خَرِعَ العَظْمِ وَلا مُوَصَّما

With the roar of a bellower spewing phlegm,

With a torrent of words the overwhelming flood;

Neither weak of bone nor debilitated.

Not one whose bones are cracked, or who is pierce-marked,

نَحْمَدُ مَوْلانا الأَجَلَّ الأَفْخَما

نَحْمَدُ مَوْلانا الأَجَلَّ الأَفْخَما

We praise our Lord, the most exalted, the most majestic.

We praise our Lord the Most High, the All-Glorious.