أصبَحْتَ سَهْماً من كِنانَةَ صائِباً

يَمْضي الى هَدَفِ الكَمالِ ونَحْرِهِ

You have become an arrow from Kinanah, hitting

The target of perfection and its slaughter

وأبو المَكارمِ جدُّكَ الأرْضى الذي

اسْتَوْلى على سِرِّ الكَمالِ وجَهْرِهِ

The father of virtues, your ancestor who

Took hold of the secret of perfection, overt and covert

ما كانَ يُدْعى بالمَكارِمِ كُنْيَةً

إلا بكَوْنِكَ ثاوياً في ظهْرِهِ

He would not have been called "Father of Virtues" as a nickname

If not for you being lodged in his back