ما عاصمٌ لأبيه

ولا له بشبيهِ

No protector had he like his father

Asim belongs not to his father,

Nor anyone resembling him

Nor does he bear him any resemblance.

أضحى لقومٍ كثيره

فكلّهم يدّعيهِ

He became claimed by many people

He has become shared by a multitude,

And each of them stakes a claim

And every one of them lays claim to him.

فذا يقولُ بُنيّ

وذا يخاصمُ فيهِ

One calls him 'my son'

This one says, "He is my son,"

Another disputes over him

And that one quarrels over him.

والأمُ تضحكُ منهم

لعلمها بأبيهِ

While his mother laughs at them

Yet the mother laughs at them,

For she knows well his father

For she knows his true father.