أَدْنَفْتَني مذْ شَكَت ألحاظُك الدّنفا

وانقدّ خصرُك لِينا وانْثنى هَيَفَا

You have charmed me since your eyes flashed with anger

And your slender waist bent gently.

يا من حكَى الشمسَ وجْهاً والدّجى طُرَراً

وأشبَه الماء لِينا والهوا تَرَفا

O you who portrayed the sun as a face and darkness as a veil,

And likened water to softness and air to luxury.

ومن حكت مقلتاه الظَّبْيَ مُلْتَفتاً

وأشبهَ الغصنَ تليينا ومُنعَطَفا

You whose glances depicted the gazelle turning,

And resembled the bending branch, pliant and curved.

كيف اقتضيتَ فؤاداً لم يبت قَنَصاً

وكيف كلَّفت قلباً لم يذب كَلَفا

How did you demand a heart that knew no sleeplessness?

And how did you task a heart that never knew fatigue?

دمِي دمٌ عَلَوِيّ لا يُطَلُّ فلا

تحاربِ المجد والآدابَ والشرفا

My blood is noble blood that disdains baseness;

So do not oppose glory, morals, and honor.

قُطْبُ الورى هاشمٌ فضلاً ومَعْلُوةً

نحن قطبُ أعالي هاشمٍ وكَفَى

The axis of the world is Hashim in excellence and nobility.

We are the axis of the lofty Hashimites, and that suffices.

آل النبيّ وأبناء الوصِيّ وإخ

وان النجِيّ وسادات الكرام وفا

The family of the Prophet, the sons of the successor,

The kinsmen of the Prophet, and the lords of nobility.