يا مَن يُساجِلُني وَلَيسَ بِمُدرِكٍ

شأوي وَأَينَ لَهُ جَلالَةُ مَنصِبي

O you who reproaches me yet cannot comprehend my status,

What is your concern and where is the grandeur of my position?

لا تَتعَبَنَّ فَدونَ ما أَمَّلتَهُ

خَرطُ القَتادَةِ وَاِمتطاءُ الكَوكَبِ

Do not tire yourself, for what you wish for

Is like grasping at stars and riding upon comets.

المَجدُ يَعلَمُ أَيُّنا خَيرٌ أَباً

فَاسأَلْهُ تَعلَم أَيَّ ذي حَسَبٍ أَبي

Glory knows which of us is better in lineage;

Ask it and you will know which of us is nobler in ancestry.

جَدِّي مُعاويَةُ الأَغَرُّ سَمَتْ بِهِ

جُرثومَةٌ مِن طينِها خُلِقَ النَّبِي

My grandfather Mu‘awiyah, most honorable his features,

Was sculpted from the same clay as the Prophet.

وَوَرِثتُهُ شَرَفاً رَفَعتُ مَنارَهُ

فَبَنو أُمَيَّةَ يَفخَرونَ بِهِ وَبي

I inherited his nobility and raised its banner;

The Banu Umayyah prides itself on him and me.