ولقد بررتَ الطالبيةَ بعدما

ذمّوا زماناً قبلَها وزمانا

Indeed, you treated the Talibids well, after

we had blamed you for a time before that—and for another time.

ورَددتَ ألفةَ هاشمٍ فرأيتَهم

بعد العداوة بينهم إخوانا

You restored Hashim’s fellowship, and saw them

brothers among themselves after their enmity.

أمّنتَ ليلهمُ وجدتَ عليهمُ

حتى نسوا الأحقاد والأضغانا

You made their night secure and were bountiful to them,

until they forgot their resentments and rancors.

لو يعلمُ الأسلافُ كيف بررتهم

لرأوكَ أثقل من بها ميزانا

Had the forefathers known how kindly you treated them,

they would have seen you outweigh everyone on earth in the scales.