1. دَعوا آلَ عَبّاسٍ وَحَقَّ أَبيهِمُ

    وَإِيّاكُمو مِنهُم فَإِنَّهُمُ هُمُ

    Leave the House of Abbas—and their father’s rightful claim—alone;

    and beware of them, for they indeed are

  2. مُلوكٌ إِذا خاضوا الوَغى فَسُيوفُهُم

    مَقابِضُها مِسكٌ وَسائِرُها دَمُ

    kings: when they plunge into the tumult of battle, their swords’

    hilts are musk, while all the rest is blood.