1. He who finds no end to his passion for her
Cares not if she obeys or defies him

2. My advice about love is sincere yet I fear
That blind passion might lead her astray

3. Were he afflicted as she is with pangs of love
He'd not blame her, heedless of his own woe

4. The fever of love for Uthman's daughter gnawed at him
As he helplessly yearned for her embrace

5. Then he said: I'll defy you for her sake, though you object
Just as she defied me and forgot our bond

6. Wherever she is, cease your blame and reproach
She's the daughter of honored white forebears

7. The child of a king who attained the heights of glory
Whose lineage noble Hashim and Abd Shams endow

8. The ladies cannot equal her, strive as they may
For no maiden rivals her splendor and fame

9. She's no mere beauty, for the noblest of women
Resemble her, as people well know

10. Her mother is Badr's radiant orb, mother of the moist night
Whose hands grasp all that lies beyond reach

11. Uthman and Zubayr rightly made her abode
At Al-Yafa when she was born

12. The Prophet, Hamza, her uncles by blood
Headed her pure lineage, untainted at all

13. She sprouted midst the stars in Ramla's sand
Where the dead are revived by her earth's scent

14. From holy ground 'twixt Maqam and Rukn
God perfected her essence when formed

15. Her lineage leads to Qusay, her ancestry pure
No clay of cities did taint her, no evil assail

16. Qusay warded off every foe from her
Banishing them, removing their blight

17. With horsemen and litters none in Quraysh knew
When he came for her, seeking her out

18. In covered howdahs like mountains, a man
Whose spear's length struck fear without bound

19. Quraysh circled around him but when
They saw him they did not doubt his claim

20. Mecca the Holy knew Qusay, and Qusay
Knew Quraysh when he sought her hand

21. He lodged the people in her outskirts
And took the choice lands for himself

22. They built by the ravines, far from her home
While torrents from his home poured forth

23. None can equal Qusay's glory, else Allah
Has lied about all who vie with her

24. By the girl's lineage, Qusay is close to glory
If her protectors judge rightly for her

25. Among them is the good Prophet, guided by Allah
To every door of virtue, whom He led

26. He spared them from fire when it raged
Eager to consume them, guarding his folk

27. Custodians of his house after him
To whom he entrusted the pilgrims' rites

28. He was succeeded by others, appointed by
Our Lord Allah, who created her line