نَسَبٌ عَلَى قدَرِ المَفَاخِرْ
فِيهِ تَكَافَأَتِ الْعَنَاصِرْ
Lineage is valued for its glories
Where the elements are in harmony
واَلخَيْرُ أَنْ تَتَوَاشَجَ
الأَعْرَاقُ فِي خَيْرِ الْعَشَائِرْ
Goodness is when races intermarry
Among the best families
زُرْنَا رِحَابَ مُحَمَّدٍ
بَيْنَ الْمَبَاهِجِ وَالبَشَائِرْ
We visited the sanctuary of Muhammad
Among festivities and good news
نَلْقَى الصَّدِيقَ ابْنَ الأَصَادِقِ
وَالكَبِيرَ ابْنَ الأَكَابِرْ
We met the truthful son of the truthful
And the elder son of the elders
فَاسْتَقْبَلَتْنَا زِينَةٌ
قَرَّتْ بِرَوْعَتِهَا النَّوَاظِرْ
We were welcomed by a beauty
Whose splendor dazzled all eyes
تَبْدُو الحَفَاوَةُ فِي حَلاَهَا
وَهْيَ مُونِقَةُ المَظَاهِرْ
Grace shows in her dress
As she gracefully displays herself
صُوَرٌ تَجَلَّى فِي بَدِيعِ
نِظَامِهَا لُطْفُ السَّرَائِرْ
Images that manifest in their exquisite
Composition, subtleties of mysteries
فِي جَنَّة عَجَبٍ تَنَاغَى
الزَّهْرُ فِيهَا وَالأَزَاهِرْ
In a wondrous garden, flowers
Bloomed, and blossoms flourished
مَلأَتْ جَوَانِبَهَا الوُفُودُ
مِنْ الْكِرَامِ ذَوي الأَوَاصِرْ
Chieftains thronged its sides
Bonded kinsmen, of high standing
وَمِنَ السَّرَاةٍ أُولى المَكَانِةِ
فِي البَوَادِي وَالحَوَاضِرْ
Among nomads and city dwellers alike
What a fine assembly they made
يَا حَبَّذَا إِجْمَاعُهُمْ وَهَوَى
الكَنَانَة فِيهِ سَافِرْ
Unrestrained affection reigned among them
Eloquence flowed; a speaker's pride
لَأديِبَها وَخَطِيبِهَا فَخْرِ
المَحَابِرِ وَالمَنَابِرْ
And her fearless champion, in times
When supporters were few
وَنَصِيرِهَا المِقْدَامِ فِي الجُلَّى
وَقَدْ عَزَّ المُنَاصِرْ
Chastity, if it paves the path
To wishes, refines consciences
العَفُّ إِنْ كَانَ السَّبيلُ إِلى
المُنَى سُوْقَ الضَّمائِرْ
O you who masked the Virgo constellation
You chose well your in-laws
يَا مَنْ غَمَا الجَوْزَاءَ
أَحْسَنْتَ اخْتِيَارَكَ مَنْ تُصَاهِرْ
Thus the Quran showed us how
It harmonizes flowers into bouquets
فَبَدَا لَنَا كَيْفَ القِرَانُ
يُؤَلِفُّ الزَّهْرَ الزَّوَاهِرْ
And links descendants in
A lineage, pure as pouring rain
وَيُسَلْسِلُ الأَعْقَابَ فِي
نَسْل كَمَاءِ المُزْنِ طَاهِرْ
My soul recalls your grandfather
How often he fills my thoughts
عَهْدِي بِجَدِّكَ كَمْ
تُعَاوِدُنِي بِذِكْراهُ الخَوَاطِرْ
And your brilliant father
Of excellent principles and sources
وَبِمُنْجِبٍ لِكَ كَانَ
مَحْمُودُ المَوَارِدِ وَالمَصَادِرْ
When I meet you, we are no longer
Apart while you are present
فَإِذَا لَقَيْتكَ لَمْ يَكونَا
غَائِبَيْنِ وَأَنْتَ حَاضِرْ
Blessed are you, following in
Their footsteps, building glories
بُورِكْتَ مِنْ خَلَفٍ عَلَى
أَثَريْهِمَا يَبْنِي المَآثِرْ
Congratulations to you and your sons
As your family's renown grows
وَهَنِئْتَ وَلْيَهْنَأ بَنُوكَ
وَمجْدُ هَذَا الْبَيْتِ زَاخِرْ
And may your joys continue
From first to last
وَلْتَتَّصلْ أَفْرَاحُكُمْ
تَتْلُو أَوَائِلُهَا الأَوَاخِرْ
