وَما سالَ في وادٍ كَأَودِيَةٍ لَهُ

دَفَعنَ مَعاً في بَحرِهِ حينَ أَزبَدا

No stream has flowed in valleys like their valleys,

Their waters all pushed together into a sea when enraged.

وَبَحرُ أَبي سُفيانَ وَاِبنَيهِ يَلتَقي

لَهُنَّ إِذا يَعلو الحَصينَ المُشَيَّدا

And the sea of Abu Sufyan and his sons comes together with

A powerful, impenetrable fortress when it rises high.

رَأَيتَ مِنَ الأَنعامِ في حافَتَيهِما

بَهائِمَ قَد كُنَّ الغُثاءَ المُنَضَّدا

You see among their herds on the shores of the two seas

Beasts that have clustered together like heavy rainclouds.

فَلا أُمَّ إِلّا أُمَّ عيسى عَلِمتُها

كَأُمِّكَ خَيراً أُمَّهاتٍ وَأَمجَدا

Of all the mothers, I know none like Jesus's mother;

She is the best of mothers and most glorious.

وَإِن عُدَّتِ الآباءُ كُنتَ اِبنَ خَيرِهِم

وَأَملاكِها الأَورَينَ في المَجدِ أَزنُدا

And if all fathers were counted, you're the son of the best of them,

And their brightest diadems in glory most polished.