1. لَو كانَ يَقعُدُ فَوقَ النَجمِ مِن كَرَمٍ

    قَومٌ لَقيلِ اِقعُدوا يا آلَ عَبّاسِ

    If, by virtue of nobility, there could sit above the stars

    a people, it would be said: “Sit, O house of Abbas!”