أقِرّوا لنا يا آل عبّاسَ بالعُلا

فلستمْ لها يا آلَ عبّاسَ أكسَبا

Acknowledge our superiority, O Abbasids, in nobility

For you have not, O Abbasids, earned it

سبقناكُم للدِّين والهجرةِ التي

تأخَّرَ عنها جدُّكمْ وتَحجَّبا

We preceded you in religion and in the emigration

Which your grandfather shunned and veiled himself from

وكنتمْ بني عمِّ النبيّ محمّدٍ

وكنّا بِنيه وهو كان لنا أبا

While you were sons of the Prophet's uncle

We were his sons, and he was a father to us

وليس بنو أعمامِهم في دنوِّهم

كمِثل أخيه خُطّةً وتنسُّبا

The sons of uncles are not like their nephews

In rank and ancestry

ولو لم نكن إلاّ بني العمّ مثلكمْ

لكنتم لنا وَهْداً وكنّا لكم رُبَا

Even if we were only sons of an uncle like you

You would be followers for us, and we lords for you

وما يستوي العَمّان هذا مقرَّب

محبّ وهذا بعد بُعْدٍ تقرَّبا

The two uncles are not equal, one intimate

Beloved, and one, distant, sought proximity

نَبَا جدُّكم عن نَصرِه يومَ بَعْثِه

وجدُّ عليٍّ جدِّنا عنه ما نَبَا

Your grandfather shunned aiding him on the day of his mission

While Ali, our grandfather, aided him and proclaimed