أبناءُsons فاطمةٍFatimah رسلُmilk العُلاeminence رضعواthey suckled
أبناءُ فاطمةٍ رسلُ العُلا رضعوا
وبالسَّماحِand on liberality غدواthey were nourished والجودِand generosity إذwhen فطمواthey were weaned
وبالسَّماحِ غدوا والجودِ إذ فطموا
Fatimah’s sons suckled the milk of eminence,
The children of Fatima are the messengers of nobility, they were nurtured
and were nourished on liberality and generosity when they were weaned.
And with generosity they spend their mornings and with open-handedness when they are weaned
قومٌa people إذاwhen حلفswore الأقوامُthe peoples أنَّهُمُthat they
قومٌ إذا حلف الأقوامُ أنَّهُمُ
خيرُthe best البرّيةِcreation لمdid not يحنثprove false لهمfor them قسمُan oath
خيرُ البرّيةِ لم يحنث لهم قسمُ
A people: when nations swear that they
They are a people when the tribes swear that they
are the best of creation, no oath of theirs proves false.
Are the best of creation, their oath does not prove false
سماrose high لهمfor them فيin سماءِthe sky المجدِglory منof شرفِhonor
سما لهم في سماءِ المجدِ من شرفِ
بيتٌa house تداعتflocked إليهto it العُربُthe Arabs والعجَمُand the non-Arabs
بيتٌ تداعت إليه العُربُ والعجَمُ
In glory’s sky there rose for them, fashioned of honor,
For them is an abode of honor inscribed in the heavens
a house to which Arabs and non-Arabs flocked.
A house which the Arabs and non-Arabs flock to
مناقبٌvirtues سمحتwere bountiful فيin كلِّevery مكرمةٍnoble deed
مناقبٌ سمحت في كلِّ مكرمةٍ
كانَّماas though هيthey فيin أنفthe nose العُلاeminence شَمَمُproud elevation of the nose
كانَّما هي في أنف العُلا شَمَمُ
Virtues that were bountiful in every noble deed,
Virtues which rise with every act of nobility
as though they were the proud rise in eminence’s nose.
As if they were the scent smelled at the peak of glory
Sol 6.1