1. جاءَت بِهِ عُجُزٌ مقابَلَة

    ما هُنَّ مِن جَرمٍ وَمِن عُكلِ

    Aged women, noble on both sides of their lineage, brought him forth;

    they are neither of Jarm nor of ʿUkl.

  2. يا بِشرُ يابنَ الجَعفريةِ ما

    خلقَ الالهُ يديك لِلبُخلِ

    O Bishr, son of al-Jaʿfariyya, never

    did God create your hands for miserliness.

  3. أَنتَ ابنُ ساداتٍ لأجمعهم

    في بَطنِ مَكَّةَ عِزَّةُ الأَصلِ

    You are the son of lords, all of whom

    have noble roots in the heart of Mecca.

  4. بَحرٌ مِن الأَعياصِ جُدنَ بِهِ

    في مَغرِسٍ لِلجودِ وَالفَضلِ

    A sea from the Aʿyāṣ, whom they generously bestowed

    in a seedbed of generosity and excellence.

  5. تهللٌ تندى يَداهُ إِذا

    ضَنَّ السَحابُ بِوابِلٍ سَجلِ

    Beaming, his hands drip with bounty when

    the clouds withhold a copious downpour.