1. لَو قيلَ لِلعَبّاسِ يا اِبنَ مُحَمَّدٍ

    قُل لا وَأَنتَ مُخَلَّدٌ ما قالَها

    If al-Abbas were told, “O son of Muhammad,

    Say ‘no,’ and you shall be immortal,” he would not say it.

  2. ما إِن أَعُدُّ مِنَ المَكارِمِ خِصلَةً

    إِلّا وَجَدتُكَ عَمَّها أَو خالَها

    I count no trait among the noble virtues

    Without finding you its paternal or maternal uncle.

  3. وَإِذا المُلوكَ تَسايَروا في بَلدَةٍ

    كانوا كَواكِبَها وَكُنتَ هِلالَها

    And when kings travel together in a town,

    They are its stars, and you its crescent moon.

  4. إِنَّ المَكارِمَ لَم تَزَل مَعقولَةً

    حَتّى حَلَلتَ بِراحَتَيكَ عِقالَها

    Indeed, noble virtues had always been hobbled,

    Until you untied their hobbling cord with your two palms.