وَمُكاشِحٍ نَهْنَهْتُهُ عَنْ غايَةٍ

زَأَرَ الأُسودُ الغُلْبُ دونَ عَرينِها

And one who jested, I dissuaded him from going too far

The lions roared, defeated beneath her den

إِنّا مُعاوِيُّونَ نَبْسُطُ أَيْدِياً

في المَكْرُماتِ شِمالُها كَيَمينِها

We, the Mu'awiyahs, extend our hands

In generosity, its left like its right

مِنْ كُلِّ ذي حَسَبٍ نَمَتْهُ حُرَّةٌ

غَرَّاءُ لاحَ العِتْقُ فَوْقَ جَبينِها

From every noble stock, a filly was born

A lively white blaze shone above her forehead

خَضِلِ البَنانِ إِليهِ يُزْجي المُجْتَدي

وَجْنَاءَ أَبْلَى السَّيْرُ ثِنْيَ وَضَينِها

To the one with the slender waist, the traveller hastens

The journey has worn out her flank and chest

وَإذا العُفاةُ تَيَمَّمَتْنا عِيسُهُمْ

لَمْ يَذْكُروا أَوْطانَهُمْ بِحَنِينِها

And when the barefoot ones emigrated to us

They did not yearn for their homelands

تَقْرو مَراتِعَ وُشِّحَتْ بِمَناهِلٍ

تَخْتالُ بَينَ نَميرِها وَمَعينِها

Pastures grew lush, endowed with springs

Meandering between ebb and flow

وَلَنا إِذا العَرَبُ اعْتَزَتْ جُرْثُومَةٌ

خُلِقَ النَّبِيُّ مُحَمَّدٌ مِنْ طِينِها

And we, when the Arabs are stirred up, have

Muhammad, created from its clay