لَجَّت لِأَبناءِ الزُبَيرِ مَآثِرٌ

في المَكرُماتِ وَبغرةٌ لا تُنجِمُ

The sons of Zubayr have attained glorious deeds,

In generosity and unparalleled munificence.

فَإِلى ذرا آلِ الزُبَير بِفَضلِهِم

نِعم الذرا في النائِباتِ لنا هُمُ

So to the descendants of Zubayr, by their merit,

Excellent are the descendants in trying times for us.

وَهُمُ الحَوارِيّونَ قَد قُسِمَت لَهُم

إِنَّ المَداعِيَ وَالمَساعي تُقسَمُ

They are the disciples, to whom were apportioned

Indeed claims and efforts are apportioned.

وَالعاطِفونَ تَحين ما مِن عاطِفٍ

وَالمطمعونَ يَداً إِذا ما أَطعموا

The benefactors whose time of benefaction comes,

And the ambitious whose hands when fed.

وَاللاحِقونَ جِفانهُم قَمَعَ الذَرا

وَالمطعمونَ زَمانَ أَينَ المطعِمُ

The pursuers whose greed the descendants curbed,

And the providers where is the provision.

وَالمانِعونَ مِنَ الهَضيمَةِ جارَهَم

وَالحامِلونَ إِذا العَشيرَةُ تَغرمُ

The preventers from digesting their neighbor

And the carriers when the clan is fined.

الجودُ غالبهُم وَفيهِم نَجدَةٌ

وَفضيلَةٌ عِندَ الخِطابِ وَميسَمُ

Generosity prevails among them, and among them are aid

And merit in discourse and appointed time.

وَإِذا قَطَمتَهُم قَطَمتَ عَلاقِماً

وَقَواضي الذيفانِ فيما تَقضِمُ

And if you cut them off you cut off stakes

And the judges of lawsuits in what they arbitrate.