إِن تَنسُبوني تَنسُبوا ذا دَسيعَةٍ

إِن تَنسُبوني تَنسُبوا ذا دَسيعَةٍ

بَريئاً مِنَ الآفاتِ وَالنَقصِ ماجِدا

بَريئاً مِنَ الآفاتِ وَالنَقصِ ماجِدا

If you trace my lineage, you trace that of a man of bounty,

If you trace my lineage, you trace one with glorious deeds

Noble, free of blemishes and shortcomings.

Free from defects and shortcomings, glorious

تَكَنَّفُهُ أَنسابُ ذُبيانَ كُلِّها

تَكَنَّفُهُ أَنسابُ ذُبيانَ كُلِّها

وَنالَ بِأَظفارٍ عَدُوّاً أَباعِدا

وَنالَ بِأَظفارٍ عَدُوّاً أَباعِدا

All the lineages of Dhubyan encompass him,

Encompassed by the lineages of all tribes

And with his claws he struck a far-off foe.

And who grasped a remote enemy with his claws

وَلَن يَجِدوا في مَوطِنٍ عِندَ سَرحَةٍ

وَلَن يَجِدوا في مَوطِنٍ عِندَ سَرحَةٍ

إِذا ذُمَّ أَقوامٌ لِعِرضِيَ ناشِدا

إِذا ذُمَّ أَقوامٌ لِعِرضِيَ ناشِدا

Nor will they find, at a gathering beside a spreading tree,

And they will not find in any homeland near a meadow

When clans are reviled, anyone seeking to impugn my honor.

When some people blame my honor, seeking help

وَقَد عَلِموا أَن لا أَجَرَّ عَلَيهِمُ

وَقَد عَلِموا أَن لا أَجَرَّ عَلَيهِمُ

مِنَ المُخزِياتِ ما يَكونُ القَلائِدا

مِنَ المُخزِياتِ ما يَكونُ القَلائِدا

And they know that I bring upon them none

And they knew that I do not hurl at them

Of the shameful deeds that become necklaces.

Any of the disgraces that form necklaces

وَكَم مُفرِهاتٍ مِن عِشارٍ مَنَحتُها

وَكَم مُفرِهاتٍ مِن عِشارٍ مَنَحتُها

فُلولَ سِنينٍ لا تُدَرّونَ ساعِدا

فُلولَ سِنينٍ لا تُدَرّونَ ساعِدا

And how many fine-breeding, heavily pregnant she-camels I have given

And how many rejected trifles from a tithe I have given

To those broken by famine years, while you could make no teat yield milk.

To remnants of years whose elbow you cannot push back