إِبنانِ أَم شِبلانِ ذانِ فَإِنَّني

لَأَرى دِماءَ الدارِعينَ غِذاهُما

Two young lions or two fierce lions, for I see

The blood of their prey is their food.

تُني الفَراسَةُ أَنَّ في ثَوبَيهِما

لَيثَينِ تَجتَنِبُ اللُيوثُ حِماهُما

My insight tells me that in their clothes

Are two lions that even lions avoid their ferocity.

لِم لا يَفوقانِ الأَنامَ مَكارِماً

وَالسَيِّدانِ كِلاهُما جَدّاهُما

Why do they not surpass people in virtues

When both their grandfathers were masters?

تَلقى أَبا الهَيجاءِ في هَيجاهُما

وَيُريكَ فَضلَ أَبي العَلاءَ عُلاهُما

You meet the father of al-Hayja’ in their fury

And you see the superiority of Abul ‘Alaa in their loftiness.

زِدناهُما شَرَفاً رَفيعاً سَمكُهُ

ثَبتَ الدَعائِمِ إِذ تَخَوَّلناهُما

We have increased their honored lineage, firmly established,

When we entrusted leadership to them.

مَيَّزتُ بَينَهُما فَلَم يَتَفاضَلا

كَالفَرقَدَينِ تَشاكَلَت حالاهُما

I distinguished between them but they did not compete,

Like two shining stars their conditions are equal.

إِنّي وَإِن كانَ التَعَصُّبُ شيمَتي

لا أَدفَعُ الشَرَفَ المُنيفَ أَخاهُما

And even though partisanship is my quality,

I do not deny the eminent nobility of either.

أَنّى يُقَصِّرُ عَن مَكانٍ في العُلا

وَالمَجدِ مَن أَضحى أَبوهُ أَباهُما

How can one whose father has become his father

Fall short of any position of superiority and glory?

لَكِن لِذَينِ بِنا مَكانٌ باذِخٌ

لا يَدَّعيهِ مِنَ الأَنامِ سِواهُما

But for those two there is a special eminent place

None can claim among the people but them.

طابا وَطابَ أَخو الكِرامِ أَخوهُما

وَالوالِدانِ وَطابَ مَن رَبّاهُما

Congratulations and congratulations to the brother of generous men, his brother,

And their parents, and congratulations to those who raised them.