آلُ المُهلَّبِ قَومٌ خُوِّلوا كَرَما

ما نَالَهُ عَرَبيُّ وَلا كادا

The family of Al Muhalab are people who were granted generosity

No Arab attained it nor did any strive for it

لَو قيلَ لِلمَجدِ حِد عَنهُم وَخَلِّهم

بِما اِحتَكَمتَ مِنَ الدُنيا لَما حادا

If excellence was told, "Stop at them and leave them be"

Based on what you arbitrated of worldly things, it would not swerve

إِنَّ المَكارِمَ أَرواحٌ يَكونُ لَها

آلُ المُهَلَّبِ دونَ الناسِ أَجسادا

Indeed, virtues are spirits that come to have

The family of Al Muhalab, beyond the people, as bodies

آلُ المُهَلَّبِ قَومُ إِن مَدَحتُهُم

كانوا الأَكارِمَ آباءً وَأَجدادا

The family of Al Muhal Lab, if I were to praise them

They would be the most virtuous of fathers and forefathers

إِنَّ العَرانينَ تَلقاها مُحَسَّدَةً

وَلا تَرى لِلِئام الناسِ حُسّادا

Indeed, they meet envious people while feeling wretched

And you do not see the vile people envying them

كَم حاسِدٍ لَهمُ يَعيا بِفَضلِهُمُ

ما نالَ مِثلَ مَساعيهِم وَلا كادا

How many envious ones there are who grumble about their merit

None attained the like of their efforts nor did any strive