أَلَم تَرَ أَنَّ اللَهَ أَعطى فَخَصَّنا

بِأَبيضَ قَرمٍ مِن أميَّةَ أَزهَرا

Have you not seen that Allah has gifted and honored us

With a shining white leader from Banu Umayyah?

طَلوعِ ثَنايا المَجدِ سامٍ بِطَرفِه

إِذا سُئِلَ المَعروفَ لَيسَ بأوغَرا

The dawn of glory rises gently with his gaze

When asked for kindness, he is never too proud

فَلَولا أَبو مَروانَ بِشرٌ لَقَد غَدَت

رِكابيَ في فَيفٍ مِن الأَرضِ أَغبَرا

Had it not been for Abu Marwan as a bearer of good tidings

My feet would have been covered in dust far from home

سِراعاً إِلى عَبدِ العَزيزِ دَوائِباً

تَخلَّلُ زَيتوناً بِمِصرَ وَعَرعَرا

Rushing to Abd al-Aziz steadily

Passing through olive trees in Egypt murmuring

وَحارَبتُ في الاسلامِ بَكرض بنَ وائِلٍ

كَحَربِ كُلَيبٍ أَو أَمَرَّ وَأَمقَرا

And I fought for Islam against Bakr ibn Wa'il

As fiercely as Kulayb or Amr or Amqar

إِذا قادتِ الاسلامَ بكرُ بنُ وائِلٍ

فَهَب ذاكَ ديناً قَد تَغَيَّرَ مُهتِرا

When Bakr ibn Wa'il leads Islam

That religion has surely changed and become corrupt

بأيِّ بَلاءٍ أَم بأيِّ نَصيحَةٍ

تُقَدِّمُ حَجّاراً أَمامي ابنَ أَبجَرا

With what tribulation or what good advice

Do you put stones before me, O son of Abjar?

وَما زِلتُ مذ فارقتُ عُثمانَ صادياً

وَمَروانَ مُلتاحاً عَن الماءِ أَزورا

Since I left Uthman calling out

And Marwan panting for water away from the well

أَلا لَيتَني قُدِّمتُ وَاللَهِ قَبلَهُم

وأن أَخي مَروانَ كانَ المُؤَخَّرا

Oh if only I had gone before them

And my brother Marwan was the last left behind

بِهم جُمِعَ الشَملُ الشَتيتُ وَأَصلَحَ الا

لَهُ وداوى الصَدعَ حَتّى تَجَبَّرا

Through them the fragmented community was reunited

And discord healed until it mended

قَضى اللَهُ لا ينفكُّ منهم خَليفَةٌ

كَريمٌ يسوسُ الناسَ يَركَبُ منبَرا

Allah has decreed, an honorable caliph from them

Will rule the people and ascend the pulpit