حَصانٌ رَزانٌ ما تُزِنُّ بِريبَةٍ

وَتُصبِحُ غَرثى مِن لُحومِ الغَوافِلِ

A graceful steed does not falter with doubt

Yet becomes covered in flesh of the slain

عَقيلَةُ حَيٍّ مِن لُؤَيِّ بنِ غالِبٍ

كِرامِ المَساعي مَجدُهُم غَيرُ زائِلِ

Protection of the living, from Lu'ay, son of Ghalib

Their glorious endeavors will never fade

مُهَذَّبَةٌ قَد طَيَّبَ اللَهُ خَيمَها

وَطَهَّرَها مِن كُلِّ سورٍ وَباطِلِ

Refined, as God has perfumed her dwelling

And cleansed it of idols and all wickedness

فَإِن كُنتُ قَد قُلتُ الَّذي قَد زَعَمتُمُ

فَلا رَفَعَت صَوتي إِلَيَّ أَنامِلي

If I have said what you claim I have said

Then my fingers did not raise my voice to me

فَكَيفَ وَوِدّي ما حَيِيتُ وَنُصرَتي

لِآلِ رَسولِ اللَهِ زَينِ المَحافِلِ

How could that be when my love and support

Are for the house of God's Messenger, pride of all people

لَهُ رَتَبٍ عالٍ عَلى الناسِ كُلِّهِم

تَقاصَرُ عَنهُ سَورَةَ المُتَطاوِلِ

He has a lofty station above all mankind

Beyond the reach of the outstretched hands of any rival

فَإِنَّ الَذي قَد قيلَ لَيسَ بِلائِطٍ

وَلَكِنَّهُ قَولُ اِمرِئٍ بِيَ ماحِلِ

For what has been said is no idle prattle

Rather the words of a noble and judicious man