جَزَى اللَّهُ عَنَّا جَعْفَرًا حِينَ أَزْلَفَتْ

بِنَا نَعْلُنَا فِي الْوَاطِئِينَ فَزَلَّتِ

May Allah reward Ja'far, when our sandals

Nearly slipped from our feet as we climbed.

همُ خلطونا بالنفوس وألجأوا

إلى حجرات أدفأت وأظلت

They confused us with the masses and forced

Us into heated, shaded rooms.

أَبَوْا أَنْ يَمَلُّونَا وَلَوْ أَنَّ أَمَّنَا

تُلاقِي الَّذِي يَلْقَوْنَ مِنَّا لَمَلَّتِ

They refused to bore us, though if our mother

Met what we meet from them, she would be bored.

وقالوا هلمَّ الدارَ حتى تبينوا

وتنجَلي الغَمَاءُ عمَّا تجلَّتِ

And they said, "Come, the house, so you may see clearly

And the clouds over what is seen may disperse."

ومن بعدما كنا لسلمى وأهلها

قطيناً وملتنا البلادُ وملتِ

After we were for Salma and her people

Strangers, the lands filled us and we filled them.

سنجزي بإحسانِ الأيادي التي مضت

لها عِندنا كبَّرَت وأهَلّتِ

We will repay with kind deeds of hands that have passed

For us exalted and made worthy.