ولو شاء لم يجْمعْ لحربٍ كتيبةً

وعسكرُه التوفيقُ واللّهُ ناصِرُهْ

Had he willed, he would not have assembled an army for war,

His troops are divine aid, and God is his supporter.

ولكن أَبي اِلا عَطاءً ونجْدَةً

نُرَجَّيهِ في حاليْهما ونُحاذرهْ

But he refused except to give and to help,

We hope for them in their current state and are wary of them.

هو الصُّبحُ يهدي وجهُه وفَعالُه

إذا ليلُ خطبٍ ضَلَّلتنا دياجِرهْ

He is the morning guiding with his face and his actions,

When the night of troubled times led us astray with its darkness.

صفوحٌ عن الجاني وهوبٌ لجُرمه

إذا أسلمَتْهُ للحِمام جَرائرهْ

He forgives the sinner and restrains his own anger,

When its raging flames submit to the dove of peace.

مكارمُه أحْسابهُ وقريشُه

إذا عدِّد النَّجر الكريم عشائره

His virtues are his lineage, and his tribe Quraysh,

When the generous count their honorable clans.

ملاذُ الطريدِ أسْلَمتهُ حماتُه

لشرٍّ وغيثُ الحيِّ عَزَّتْ مواطره

The refuge of the outcast who surrendered to his sanctuary,

From evil, and the rain of the living strengthened its downpours.

يُناطُ نِجادُ الزَّينبيِّ وبُرْدُهُ

بمستعذب النَّعماء عذبٍ مكاسِرهْ

The Zainabi cloak and its fur are entrusted,

To the sweetest of maidens, fresh and pure.