مَن يَكُ سائِلاً عَنّي فَإِنّي

مَن يَكُ سائِلاً عَنّي فَإِنّي

أَنا اِبنُ الصِّيدِ مَن سَلَفَيْ ثَقيفِ

أَنا اِبنُ الصِّيدِ مَن سَلَفَيْ ثَقيفِ

If anyone asks about me, then indeed,

Whoever asks about me, I am

I am the son of proud nobles from Thaqif's two ancestral lines.

The son of hunters, my ancestors being Thaqif.

وَفي وَسَطِ البِطاحِ مَحَلُّ بَيتي

وَفي وَسَطِ البِطاحِ مَحَلُّ بَيتي

مَحَلُّ اللَيثِ مِن وَسَطِ الغَريفِ

مَحَلُّ اللَيثِ مِن وَسَطِ الغَريفِ

And amid the broad valleys stands my home,

And in the middle of the plain is my home,

A lion's dwelling in the heart of the thicket.

The home of the lion from the middle of the cliff.

وَفي كَعبٍ وَمَن كَالحَيِّ كَعبٍ

وَفي كَعبٍ وَمَن كَالحَيِّ كَعبٍ

حَلَلتُ ذُؤابَةَ الجَبَلِ المُنيفِ

حَلَلتُ ذُؤابَةَ الجَبَلِ المُنيفِ

And among Ka'b—and who is like the clan of Ka'b?—

And in Kaab and whoever is like Kaab,

I have settled on the crest of the lofty mountain.

I made lawful the gazelle of the lofty mountain.

حَوَيتُ فَخارَها غَوراً وَنَجداً

حَوَيتُ فَخارَها غَوراً وَنَجداً

وَذلِكَ مُنتَهى شَرَفِ الشَريفِ

وَذلِكَ مُنتَهى شَرَفِ الشَريفِ

I have gathered its glory, in lowland and upland,

I protected its pride in the valley and plateau,

And that is the height of a nobleman's honor.

And that is the epitome of the honor of the noble one.

نَماني كُلُّ أَصيَدَ لا ضَعيفٍ

نَماني كُلُّ أَصيَدَ لا ضَعيفٍ

بِحَملِ المُعضِلاتِ وَلا عَنيفِ

بِحَملِ المُعضِلاتِ وَلا عَنيفِ

Every proud noble begot me—none weak

I am the hunter of every prey, not weak,

In shouldering grave difficulties, nor harsh.

By carrying the firm spears, and not violent.