قُل لِلمُسَمّى بِاِسمِ الَّذي قامَ يَد

قُل لِلمُسَمّى بِاِسمِ الَّذي قامَ يَد

عو اللَهَ لَمّا تَجَمَّعوا عُصُبا

عو اللَهَ لَمّا تَجَمَّعوا عُصُبا

Say to the man named after him who stood call-

Say to the one named after him who rose to call upon God when they gathered in crowds,

ing upon God when they gathered in bands;

And who bears the surname of the Seal of the Prophets and Messengers who came unto the Arabs,

وَالمُكتَني بِاِسمِ خاتَمِ الأَنبِيا

وَالمُكتَني بِاِسمِ خاتَمِ الأَنبِيا

ءِ المُرسَلينَ الَّذي أَتى العَرَبا

ءِ المُرسَلينَ الَّذي أَتى العَرَبا

And to him whose byname bears the name of the Seal of the proph-

And the son of the one named after that which, should a seeker attain it, he secures his desire:

ets sent as messengers, who came to the Arabs;

You were, for noble virtues, a mother and a father, whenever lineage is proclaimed one day.

وَاِبنَ المُسَمّى بِاِسمِ الَّذي يَظفَرُ ال

وَاِبنَ المُسَمّى بِاِسمِ الَّذي يَظفَرُ ال

طالِبُ إِن نالَهُ بِما طَلَبا

طالِبُ إِن نالَهُ بِما طَلَبا

And to the son of him named after that which brings success to the

So what, may you be ransomed, has changed, altered, or snatched away that lineage?

seeker, if he attains it, in what he sought:

Gently, for I feared that your forgetting of manners in the heat of zealotry might bring you disgrace.

كُنتَ لِحُرِّ الأَخلاقِ أُمّاً إِذا

كُنتَ لِحُرِّ الأَخلاقِ أُمّاً إِذا

نُصَّ يَوماً لِنِسبَةٍ وَأَبا

نُصَّ يَوماً لِنِسبَةٍ وَأَبا

You were a mother to noble character, when

its lineage was one day traced, and a father too.

فَما الَّذي يا فُديتَ غَيَّرَ أَو

فَما الَّذي يا فُديتَ غَيَّرَ أَو

بَدَّلَ أَو غالَ ذَلِكَ النَسَبا

بَدَّلَ أَو غالَ ذَلِكَ النَسَبا

What, then—may you be ransomed—has changed or

altered or ruined that lineage?

مَهلاً فَقَد خِفتُ أَن يَشينَكَ نِس

مَهلاً فَقَد خِفتُ أَن يَشينَكَ نِس

يانُكَ عِندَ التَعَصُّبِ الأَدَبا

يانُكَ عِندَ التَعَصُّبِ الأَدَبا

Gently! For I fear you may be disgraced by your forget-

ting good manners in partisan zeal.