مَن لِنَفسٍ عَنِ الهَوى لا تَناهى
لا تُبالي أَطاعَها أَم عَصاها
He who finds no end to his passion for her
Cares not if she obeys or defies him
عاذِلٌ في الهَوى بِنُصحٍ وَيَخشى
أَن يَسُوقُ الرَدى إِلَيها هَواها
My advice about love is sincere yet I fear
That blind passion might lead her astray
لَو بِهِ ما بِها مِن الوَجدِ لَم يَن
هَ مُحِبّاً وَلم يُبالِ بَلاها
Were he afflicted as she is with pangs of love
He'd not blame her, heedless of his own woe
خامَرَت مِن هَوى عَثيمَةَ داءً
مُستَكِنّاً لِحُبِّها أَذواها
The fever of love for Uthman's daughter gnawed at him
As he helplessly yearned for her embrace
ثُمَّ قالَت لَهُ سَأَعصيكَ فيها راغِماً
مِثلَما عَصَتني نِساها
Then he said: I'll defy you for her sake, though you object
Just as she defied me and forgot our bond
إِنَّها حَيثُ ما تَكُونُ مِن الأَر
ضِ فَغُضَّ المَلامَ فيها مُناها
Wherever she is, cease your blame and reproach
She's the daughter of honored white forebears
إِنَّها بِنتُ كُلِّ أَبيَضَ قَرمٍ
مَلِكٍ نالَ مِن قُصَىٍّ ذُراها
The child of a king who attained the heights of glory
Whose lineage noble Hashim and Abd Shams endow
وَبَنى المَجدَ صاعِداً فَعَلتهُ
عَبدُ شَمسٍ وَهاشِمٌ أَبواها
The ladies cannot equal her, strive as they may
For no maiden rivals her splendor and fame
فَهِيَ لا تُدرِكُ النِساءُ بِسَعيٍ
أَبَداً حِينَ يَفخرُونَ مَداها
She's no mere beauty, for the noblest of women
Resemble her, as people well know
لَسنَ حُوراً عَقائِلاً هُنَّ مِنها
إِنَّ في الناسِ فَاعلَمُوا أَشباها
Her mother is Badr's radiant orb, mother of the moist night
Whose hands grasp all that lies beyond reach
أُمُّها البَدرُ أُمُّ أَروى فَنالَت
كُلَّ ما يُعجِزُ الأَكُفَّ يَداها
Uthman and Zubayr rightly made her abode
At Al-Yafa when she was born
إِنَّ عُثمانَ وَالزُبَيرَ أَحَلّا
دارَها بِاليَفاعِ إِذ وَلَداها
The Prophet, Hamza, her uncles by blood
Headed her pure lineage, untainted at all
وَنَبِيُّ الهُدى وَحَمزَةُ إِبدأ
بِهِما إِذ نَسَبتَها خالاها
She sprouted midst the stars in Ramla's sand
Where the dead are revived by her earth's scent
نَبَتَت في نُجومِ رَبوَةِ رَملٍ
يُنشَرُ المَيتُ إِن يَشُمَّ ثَراها
From holy ground 'twixt Maqam and Rukn
God perfected her essence when formed
مِن تُرابٍ بَينَ المَقامِ إِلى الرُك
نِ بَراها إِلالهُ حِينَ بَراها
Her lineage leads to Qusay, her ancestry pure
No clay of cities did taint her, no evil assail
قُصَوىٌّ مِنهُ قُصيٌّ وَلَم يَخ
لُطهُ طِينُ القُرى وَلا أَكباها
Qusay warded off every foe from her
Banishing them, removing their blight
ذَبَّ عَنها قُصَيٌّ كُلَّ عَدُوٍّ
فَنَفاهُ وَجُرهُماً أَجلاها
With horsemen and litters none in Quraysh knew
When he came for her, seeking her out
سارَ بِالخَيلِ وَالحُمُولِ فَلَم تَع
لَم قُرَيشٌ بِذاكَ حِينَ أَتاها
In covered howdahs like mountains, a man
Whose spear's length struck fear without bound
في كَراديسَ كَالجِبالِ وَرَجلٍ
يُفزِعُ الأَخشَبَينِ طُولُ قَناها
Quraysh circled around him but when
They saw him they did not doubt his claim
فَتَمارَت بِهِ قُرَيشٌ فَلَمّا
أَن رَأَت لَم تَشُكَّ فيهِ لِواها
Mecca the Holy knew Qusay, and Qusay
Knew Quraysh when he sought her hand
عَرَفَت مَكَّةُ الحَرامُ قُصَيّاً
وَقُصَيٌّ قُرَيشَ إِذ بَوّاها
He lodged the people in her outskirts
And took the choice lands for himself
أَنزلَ الناسَ بِالظَواهِرِ مِنها
وَتَبَوّا لِنَفسِهِ بَطحاها
They built by the ravines, far from her home
While torrents from his home poured forth
وَابتنوا بِالشِعابِ وَالحَزنِ مِنها
وَتَفَجّا عَن بَيتِهِ سَيلاها
None can equal Qusay's glory, else Allah
Has lied about all who vie with her
لَن تُمارى قُصَيُّ في المَجدِ إِلّا
أَكذَبَ اللَهُ كُلَّ مَن ماراها
By the girl's lineage, Qusay is close to glory
If her protectors judge rightly for her
وَبِحَسبِ الفَتاةِ قُرباً مِنَ المَج
دِ قُصَيٌّ إِن يَعدِلُوا مَولاها
Among them is the good Prophet, guided by Allah
To every door of virtue, whom He led
مِنهُمُ الطَيِّبُ النَبيُّ بِهِ اللَ
هُ إِلى بابِ كُلِّ خَيرٍ هَداها
He spared them from fire when it raged
Eager to consume them, guarding his folk
بَرَّدَ النارَ عَنهُمُ حِينَ فارَت
تَرتَجي أَكلَهُم وَأَحمى حِماها
Custodians of his house after him
To whom he entrusted the pilgrims' rites
ثُمَّ حُجّابُ بَيتِهِ بَعدُ مِنهُم
وَحِياضَ الحَجيجِ قَد وَلّاها
He was succeeded by others, appointed by
Our Lord Allah, who created her line
ثُمَّ وَلّى وَلَن يَزالوا وُلاةً
رَبُّنا اللَهُ خَلقَهُ خُلفاها
