وَلَكِنّي اِطمَأَنَّ حَشايَ لَمّا

عَقَدتَ لَنا بِذِمَّتِكَ الجِوارا

Yet I put my worries to rest when

You pledged us neighborly conduct with your word

وَمَن تَعقِد لَهُ بِيَدَيكَ حَبلاً

فَقَد أَخَذَت يَداهُ لَهُ الخِيارا

And he who ties a rope by your hands

Has willingly given his hands the choice

وَما تَكُ يا اِبنَ عَبدِ اللَهِ فينا

فَلا ظُلماً نَخافُ وَلا اِفتِقارا

What you are among us, o Ibn Abdillah

Is no injustice we fear, or poverty we dread

سَيَبلُغُ ما جَزَيتُكَ مِن ثَنائي

بِمَكَّةَ مَن أَقامَ بِها وَسارا

My praise of you will reach in Mecca

Whomever dwelled there and travelled afar

ثَناءً لَستُ كاذِبَهُ كَفَتني

يَداكَ نَوائِبِ الحَدَثِ الكِبارا

Praise I do not speak false that stayed my hands

From the calamities of monumental events

وَمَن يَعقِد لَهُ الجَرّاحُ حَبلاً

فَلا يَخشى لِذِمَّتِهِ غِرارا

And he who the surgeon ties a rope

Should not fear his word will fail him

إِذا قَحطانُ بِالخَيفَينِ لاقَت

إِذا اِحتَضَرَت مَناسِكَها نِزارا

When Qahtan sees the Khufayn tribe

As their rituals come to an end in dearth

رَأوا لَكَ غُرَّةً فَضَلَت عَلَيهِم

مِنَ الأَحسابِ وَالعَدَدِ الكُثارا

They saw in you a superiority that surpassed them

In pedigree and great numbers

إِذا فَزِعَ النِساءُ فَلا تُبالي

لَها سوقاً خَرَجنَ وَلا خِمارا

When women panic, you pay no concern

To a market they exited without veils

خَفَضنَ إِذا رَأَينَكَ كُلَّ ذَيلٍ

وَوارَينَ الخَلاخِلَ وَالسِوارا

Lowering all trains when seeing you

Baring anklets and bracelets