أَلَسْنا بني مَرْوانَ كَيْفَ تَصَرّفَتْ

بنا الحالُ أَوْ دارَتْ عَلَيْنا الدوائرُ

Are we not the clan of Marwan, see how fate

Has turned against us, or time's wheel revolved around us,

إِذا وُلِدَ المَوْلود مِنّا تَهَلَّلَتْ

لَهُ الأَرْضُ وَاهْتَزَّتْ إِلَيْهِ المَنابرُ

Whenever a child of ours was born, the earth rejoiced

And pulpits shook with joy for him