1. Tell Hanifa that the first of their race
Went slowly onwards, so they were out-paced,
١. أَبْلِغْ حَنِيفَةَ أَنَّ أَوَّلَ سَبْقِهِمْ
ذَهَبُوا عَلَى مَهَلٍ فَلَمَّا يُدْرَكُوا
2. They reached the sky and took hold of its pillar,
Until when there, they clung and embraced.
٢. نَالُوا السَّمَاءَ فَأَمْسَكُوا بِعِمَادِهَا
حَتَّى إِذَا كَانُوا هُنَاكَ اسْتَمْسَكُوا
3. And if you call the sons of Hanifa eagerly
Or piously, they will come to you and hasten.
٣. وإِذَا دَعَوْتَ بَنيِ حَنِيفَةَ رَاغِباً
أَوْ رَاهِباً جَاءُوا إلَيْكَ فَأَوْشَكُوا