لَو قيلَ لِلعَبّاسِ يا اِبنَ مُحَمَّدٍ

قُل لا وَأَنتَ مُخَلَّدٌ ما قالَها

If it were said to al-Abbas, O son of Muhammad

Say no, even as you are eternally glorious; he would not have said it

ما إِن أُعِدَّ مِنَ المَكارِمِ خَصلَةً

إِلّا وَجَدتُكَ وَمَّها أَو خالَها

Whenever a virtue was prepared

I found you initiated it, or perfected it

وَإِذا المُلوكُ تَسايَرَت في بَلدَةِ

كانوا كَواكِبَها وَكُنتَ هِلالَها

And whenever kings rode together in a city

They were its stars while you were its crescent moon

إِنَّ المَكارِمَ لَم تَزَل مَعقولَةً

حَتّى حَلَلتَ بِراحَتَيكِ عِقالَها

Indeed, virtues were always reasonable

Until you adorned them with your bracelets