1. كانَت قُرَيشٌ بَيضَةً فَتَفَلَّقَت

    فَالمُحُّ خالِصُهُ لِعَبدِ الدارِ

    Quraysh was an egg, then it split open.

    So the yolk, its pure part, belonged to Abd al-Dar.

  2. وَمَناةُ رَبّي خَصَّهُم بِكَرامَةٍ

    حُجّابُ بَيتِ اللَهِ ذي الأَستارِ

    And Manat, my lord, singled them out for honor:

    Gatekeepers of God’s House with its curtains.

  3. أَهلُ المَكارِمِ وَالعَلاءِ وَنَدوَةِ ال

    نادي وَأَهلُ لَطيمَةِ الحَيّارِ

    People of noble deeds and eminence, and of the council of the

    assembly, and people of al-Hayyar’s trading caravan.

  4. وَلِوى قُرَيشٍ في المَشاهِدِ كُلِّها

    وَبِنَجدَةٍ عِندَ القَنا الخَطّارِ

    And bearers of Quraysh’s banner in every battle,

    And endowed with valor amid the swaying spears.