مَتى تُذكَر دِيارُ بَني سُحَيمٍ

مَتى تُذكَر دِيارُ بَني سُحَيمٍ

بِمَقلِيَةٍ فَلَستُ بِمَن قَلاها

بِمَقلِيَةٍ فَلَستُ بِمَن قَلاها

Whenever the dwellings of Banu Suhaym are mentioned

When will the abodes of Banu Suhaym be remembered

with hatred, I am not one who has hated them.

With yearning, though I am not one who has forgotten them?

هُمُ وَلَدوا بَنِيَّ وَخِلتُ أَنّي

هُمُ وَلَدوا بَنِيَّ وَخِلتُ أَنّي

إِلى أُربِيَّةٍ عَمِدٍ ثَراها

إِلى أُربِيَّةٍ عَمِدٍ ثَراها

They brought forth my sons, and I thought that I

They gave birth to my children, while I deemed that I

belonged to kindred whose soil was moist and compact.

Was destined for a lofty life which raised me high.

هُمُ الخَيرُ البَجيلُ لِمَن بَغاهُم

هُمُ الخَيرُ البَجيلُ لِمَن بَغاهُم

وَهُم نارُ الغَضى لِمَنِ اِصطَلاها

وَهُم نارُ الغَضى لِمَنِ اِصطَلاها

They are great bounty for whoever seeks them,

They are most noble and generous to those who seek them,

and they are ghada-wood fire for whoever warms himself by it.

But to those who turn away they are flames of wrath.

وَمِنهُم مانِعُ البَطحاءِ حَزنٌ

وَمِنهُم مانِعُ البَطحاءِ حَزنٌ

وَكانَ سِدادَ مَركَبَةٍ كِفاها

وَكانَ سِدادَ مَركَبَةٍ كِفاها

And among them is Hazn, defender of the gravelly valley;

Among them is a protector of the plain, a man of sorrow,

he was a company of riders’ mainstay, meeting its needs.

One who could alone withstand the trials sent her way.

وَلَولا حَبلُهُ لَنَزَلتُ أَرضاً

وَلَولا حَبلُهُ لَنَزَلتُ أَرضاً

عِذابَ الماءِ طَيِّبَةً قُراها

عِذابَ الماءِ طَيِّبَةً قُراها

And were it not for his binding cord, I would have settled in a land

Had it not been for her rope of faith, I would have fallen

with sweet waters and pleasant villages.

To a sweet land whose water is torment and death.