إن لم تُلِنْ عَطْفاً جَنانَكْ

فأَلِنْ بوصلك لي لسانَكْ

If your branches won't bend gently,

Then let your tongue speak softly to me,

واسْتَبِقْ مُهْجَةَ مُدْنَفٍ

ضَرَّجْتَ مِنْ دَمِه بنَانَكْ

And outrun the zeal of an impetuous one,

Whose blood has splattered your walls.

لو لم يُعِنْكَ عليّ لَحْ

ظُكَ لم تَجِدْ شيئاً أَعانَكْ

If Ali had not helped you against me,

You would have found nothing to aid you.

زَنْتَ الخلاخلَ والسُّمو

طَ بمثل ما الْخَلْخالُ زانَكْ

You have adorned your anklets and wrists

With the likes of what a bangle adorns you.

لولا انتسابُك لِلأنا

م لكنتَ بَدراً أو لَكانَكْ

If not for your affiliation with the idols,

You would have been Badr or a statue.