إِلى القَرَمِ الَّذي كانَت يَداهُ

لِفِعلِ الخَيرِ سَطوَةَ مَن يُنيلُ

To the generous man whose hands

Were forces for doing good deeds

إِذا ما غالِيَ الحَمدِ اِشتَراهُ

فَما إِن يَستَقيلَ وَلا يُقيلُ

When praise was expensive he bought it

Never tiring or making others tired

أَمينُ الصَدرِ يَحفَظُ ما تَوَلّى

بِما يَكفي القَوِيُّ بِهِ النَبيلُ

Trustworthy, he keeps what he was entrusted

With what suffices the strong and noble

أَبا مَروانَ أَنتَ فَتى قُرَيشٍ

وَكَهلُهُم إِذا عُدَّ الكُهولُ

Abu Marwan, you are a young man of Quraysh

And their elder when elders are counted

تَوَلّيهِ العَشيرَةُ ما عَناها

فَلا ضَيقُ الذِراعِ وَلا بَخيلُ

The clan tasked him with what concerned them

So neither stinginess of arm nor miserliness

إِلَيكَ تُشيرُ أَيديهِم إِذا ما

رُموا أَو غالَهُم أَمرٌ جَليلُ

To you their hands point when

They intend or a grave matter befalls them

كِلا يَومَيهِ بِالمَعروفِ طَلقٌ

وَكُلُّ بِلائِهِ حَسَنٌ جَميلُ

Each of his days is open-handed with kindness

And each of his afflictions is good and beautiful

تَمايَلَ في الذُؤابَةِ مِن قُرَيشٍ

ثَناهُ المَجدُ وَالعِزُّ الأَثيلُ

He swayed with glory among Quraysh

His glory and noble lineage erecting him

أُرومٌ ثابِتٌ يَهتَزُّ فيهِ

بِأَكرَمِ مَنبِتٍ فَرعٌ طَويلُ

A firm pillar that shakes wherein

Is the branch of the most generous growth