مَتى تُنسَب قُرَيشٌ أَو تُحَصَّل

مَتى تُنسَب قُرَيشٌ أَو تُحَصَّل

فَما لَكَ في أُرومَتِها نِصابُ

فَما لَكَ في أُرومَتِها نِصابُ

Whenever Quraysh's lineage is traced or scrutinized,

When will Quraysh be attributed or reckoned fully?

You have no root in its ancestral stock.

For you have no share in its nobility.

نَفَتكَ بَنو هُصَيصٍ عَن أَبيها

نَفَتكَ بَنو هُصَيصٍ عَن أَبيها

لِشِجعٍ حَيثُ تُستَرَقُ العِيابُ

لِشِجعٍ حَيثُ تُستَرَقُ العِيابُ

The sons of Huṣayṣ cast you out of their father's line,

The sons of Husays disowned its father;

To Shijʿ, where bags are stolen.

For Shija', where robes are seized as plunder.

وَأَنتَ اِبنُ المُغيرَةِ عَبدُ شَولٍ

وَأَنتَ اِبنُ المُغيرَةِ عَبدُ شَولٍ

قَدِ اِندَبَ حَبلَ عاتِقِكَ الوِطابُ

قَدِ اِندَبَ حَبلَ عاتِقِكَ الوِطابُ

And you, son of al-Mughīra, are a slave to she-camels yielding little milk;

While you are the son of Mughirah, a slave of Shaul,

The milk-skins have already scarred the sinew of your shoulder.

The halter has chafed your shoulders.

إِذا عُدَّ الأَطايِبُ مِن قُرَيشٍ

إِذا عُدَّ الأَطايِبُ مِن قُرَيشٍ

تَلاقَت دونَ نِسبَتِكُم كِلابُ

تَلاقَت دونَ نِسبَتِكُم كِلابُ

When the noblest of Quraysh are counted,

When the noble lineages of Quraysh are recounted,

Dogs gather ahead of your lineage.

Their dogs meet below your lineage.

وَعِمرانَ اِبنَ مَخزومٍٍ فَدَعها

وَعِمرانَ اِبنَ مَخزومٍٍ فَدَعها

هُناكَ السِرُّ وَالحَسَبُ اللُبابُ

هُناكَ السِرُّ وَالحَسَبُ اللُبابُ

And as for ʿImrān, son of Makhzūm—leave that lineage alone:

Leave aside the lineage of Amir ibn Makhramah,

There lie the choicest stock and the purest ancestral honor.

For therein lies the secret and the true nobility.