أَلا إِنَّ اِدِّعاءَ بَني قُصَيٍّ

عَلى مَن لا يُناسِبُهُم حَرامُ

Behold! The claim of Banu Qusayy’s sons

Upon those unfit for them is forbidden

فَإِنَّكَ وَاِدِّعاءَ بَني قُصَيٍّ

لَكَالمُجري وَلَيسَ لَهُ لُجامُ

For you and the claim of Banu Qusayy’s sons

Are like the runaway camel without reins

فَلا تَفخَر فَإِنَّ بَني قُصَيٍّ

هُمُ الرَأسُ المُقَدَّمُ وَالسَنامُ

So do not boast, for Banu Qusayy’s sons

Are the foremost leaders and standards

وَأَهلُ الصيتِ وَالسَوراتِ قِدماً

مُقَدَّمُها إِذا نُسِبَ الكِرامُ

And the people of repute and early columns

With the generous ranked first among them

هُمُ أَعطَوا مَنازِلَها قُرَيشاً

بِمَكَّةَ وَهيَ لَيسَ لَها نِظامُ

They gave Quraysh their dwellings in Mecca

While it has no system on its own

فَلا تَفخَر بِقَومٍ لَستَ مِنهُم

فَإِنَّ قَبيلَكَ الهُجُنُ اللِئامُ

So do not boast about a people you are not from

For your tribe are the despised villains

إِذا عُدَّ الأَطائِبُ مِن قُرَيشٍ

تَقاعَدَكُم إِلى المَخزاةِ حامُ

When the pure-breds of Quraysh are counted

You are relegated to the margins in shame

قَسامَةُ أُمُّكُم إِن تَنسُبوها

إِلى نَسَبٍ فَتَأنَفُهُ الكِرامُ

Qusaymah your mother, if you attribute her

To a lineage, the generous abhor it