1. أَيُنْكِرُ مَعروفَنا المُنكِرُ

    ويَكْفُرُهُ وهو لا يُكْفَرُ

    Does the denier deny our kindness,

    and spurn it, though it cannot be denied?

  2. ونحن بنو هاشم في الأَنام

    كما اتَّضح الواضحُ النيَّر

    We are the sons of Hashim among humankind,

    as plain as what is clear and radiant.

  3. تطيب عناصِرُنا والذوات

    وقد طابت الذَّات والعنصر

    Our stock and our very selves are pure,

    and pure indeed are self and stock.

  4. إذا ما ذكرنا فغير الجميل

    وغير المحامد لا تذكر

    When we are mentioned, nothing but goodness

    and praiseworthy deeds is recalled.

  5. بنا تفخرُ الأُمَمُ السَّابقون

    ونحن بأَنفسنا نفخر

    The nations of old take pride in us,

    and we take pride in ourselves.

  6. ومنَّا النبيُّ ومنَّا الوصيُّ

    ومنَّا المبشّر والمنْذر

    From us is the Prophet, and from us his legatee,

    and from us the bearer of glad tidings and the warner.

  7. رَمَيْتُ عدوًّا بنا ساءه

    وقوسي لأمثاله يوتر

    I assailed an enemy with what we are, to his dismay,

    and my bow is strung for his like.

  8. وذلَّلتُه بعد عزٍّ بها

    وحقَّرتُهُ وهو يستكبر

    With it I humbled him after his might,

    and belittled him as he grew arrogant.

  9. وربَّ قوافٍ لشعري تنير

    على عرضه وهو لا يشعر

    Many a rhyme of my verse blazes

    upon his honor, while he is unaware.

  10. لها طعناتٌ كَوَخْزِ السِّنان

    ولا مثلها الذابلُ الأَسمر

    They deal thrusts like the piercing of a spearhead,

    and the slender, dusky spear is no match for them.

  11. فواعجباً لأَلَدِّ الخِصام

    وقد حاقَ بالخصم ما يمكر

    How astonishing, the bitterest of adversaries,

    when the foe is engulfed by his own plotting!

  12. أَيُعجِبُه أَنْ يرى ساعةً

    يرى دَمَه عَنْدَماً يقطر

    Would it please him to see an hour

    when he sees his blood dripping like crimson dye,

  13. بسهمٍ إذا أَنا فَوَّقْتُه

    أُصيبَ به الجِيدُ والمنحر

    from an arrow which, when I nock it,

    strikes the neck and the throat?

  14. أرى العفو عن لَمَمِ الأَرذلين

    لداعٍ إلى ما هو الأَكبر

    I see pardon for the lesser sins of the base

    as an invitation to greater sins.

  15. فلا عثرةُ النذل ممَّا تقال

    ولا ذنب مذنبها يغفر

    So the vile man's stumble is not to be pardoned,

    nor the sin of its perpetrator forgiven.

  16. وإنِّي أعرِفُ كُنْهَ الرِّجال

    ويكشفُ مخبرَها المنظرُ

    I know the true nature of men,

    and outward appearance reveals their inner character.

  17. صَبَرْتُ على بعض مكروهه

    وقُلتُ إذَنْ عَوْرةٌ تُستَرُ

    I bore some of his hateful conduct,

    and said, "A blemish, then, to be concealed."

  18. وإنِّي صبورٌ على النائبات

    وإنِّي على الضَّيم لا أصبرُ

    I am patient in the face of calamities,

    but I will not endure humiliation.

  19. فأَقْبَلْتُ يوماً على حتفه

    فولَّى به حَظُّه المدبرُ

    So one day I advanced to bring his doom,

    and his waning fortune made him flee,

  20. ليَعْلَمَ أنِّي فتًى أَمْرهُ

    مطاعٌ وسطوتُه تَقْهَرُ

    so he would know I am a young man whose command

    is obeyed, and whose might subdues.

  21. يدين العلاءُ إلى طوعه

    ويمتثل المجدُ ما يأمرُ

    Eminence submits to his will,

    and glory obeys what he commands.

  22. يزينُ كلامي وجوهَ الكلام

    ومن كَلِمِ المرءِ ما يُبهِرُ

    My words adorn the faces of speech,

    and among a man's words are those that dazzle,

  23. كما زُيِّنَتْ بالنقيب الشَّريف

    وحسن مناقبه الأَعصرُ

    just as, by the noble Naqib

    and the beauty of his virtues, the ages were adorned.

  24. إذا جادَ سالَ النَّدى للعُفاة

    وأَيْسَرُ من سيبه الأَنهُرُ

    When he gives, generosity flows to those who seek it,

    and rivers are scant beside his bounty.

  25. ترى الوافدين إلى بابه

    لها موردٌ ولها مصدرُ

    You see those who flock to his door;

    they have a place of arrival and a place of departure.

  26. فتًى يقتفي إثْرَ آبائه

    وآثارُ آبائه تؤثر

    A youth who follows in his forefathers' footsteps,

    and his forefathers' deeds are handed down.

  27. من القوم لا نارهم في الظَّلام

    تُوارى ولا مالُهم يذخرُ

    Of a people whose fire in the darkness

    is never hidden, nor their wealth hoarded.

  28. وما نَزَلوا غير شمّ الرعان

    يُهدّى لها المنجد المغور

    They have settled only on lofty mountain peaks,

    to which uplander and lowlander are guided.

  29. إذا وَعَدوا بالندى أنجزوا

    وإنْ أوْعَدوا بالرَّدى أَذعروا

    When they promise bounty, they fulfill it,

    and when they threaten death, they strike terror.

  30. وإنْ طُوِيَتْ صُحُفُ الأَكرمين

    فإنِّي أراها بهم تُنْشَرُ

    And if the scrolls of the noblest are rolled up,

    I see those scrolls unfolded through these men.

  31. أَبَيْتَ النُّبوَّة لا زِلتُمُ

    نجوماً بنور الهُدى تزهرُ

    O House of Prophethood, may you ever remain

    stars shining with the light of guidance.

  32. مكارمُكُمْ لم تزلْ تُرتَجى

    وسطوتكم أبداً تُحذرُ

    Your noble deeds have always been hoped for,

    and your might is ever feared.

  33. وبارقُ عارِضُكم وامضٌ

    وعارضُ إحسانكم ممطر

    The lightning of your cloud flashes,

    and the cloud of your beneficence rains.

  34. وأَبواعكم في منال العُلى

    تَطولُ إلهاً ولا تَقْصُرُ

    Your armspans, in reaching lofty heights,

    stretch [toward them], never falling short.

  35. وكيفَ يطاولكم في بناءِ

    معاليكم الأَشْعَثُ الأَغبرُ

    How could he rival you in building

    your lofty glories—that disheveled, dust-stained man?

  36. لئنْ أَصبَحَتْ أُمَّكم فاطمٌ

    وإن أباكم إذَنْ حيدر

    If indeed your mother is Fatim,

    and your father, then, is Haydar,

  37. فما بعد عليائكم من عُلًى

    ولا بعْدَ مفخركم مفخرُ

    then no loftiness lies beyond your eminence,

    nor any glory beyond your glory.

  38. ومنكم تبلَّجَ صبحُ الهُدى

    وأَسْفَرَ وهو بكم مسفر

    From you the dawn of guidance broke bright,

    and shone forth, for through you it shines.

  39. وأَجدادُكم شُفَعاء العُصاةِ

    بيوم به ناره تسعرُ

    Your forefathers are intercessors for the sinners

    on a day when its fire is set ablaze.

  40. ويخضرُّ من بيض أيديهمُ

    وجدواهم الزَّمَنُ الأَغْبرُ

    And through their white hands comes greenness,

    and through their bounty, to the dust-gray age.

  41. سراةٌ نَداهُم كفيض البحار

    نعم هكذا فيضها الأَبحرُ

    Nobles whose bounty is like the flooding of seas;

    yes, so do the oceans overflow.

  42. فكونوا غمائمَ مبراقها

    يُشام سناه ويستمطر

    So be clouds whose lightning

    is watched for its glow, and whose rain is sought.

  43. تحرَّوْا بني عمّنا في الأُمور

    وراعوا عواقبها وانظروا

    Be discerning, our cousins, in affairs,

    and heed their outcomes, and reflect.

  44. وكونوا بَني رجلٍ واحدٍ

    إذا أَنكروا منكراً غيَّروا

    And be the sons of a single man:

    when they condemn a wrong, they set it right.

  45. فحينئذٍ بأسُكم يُتَّقى

    ويخشاكم العَدَدُ الأَكثرُ

    Then your might will be guarded against,

    and the greater multitude will fear you.

  46. وإنِّي لَمِنْ بعض أنصارِكم

    وناصرُكم في الورى ينصرُ

    I am indeed one of your supporters,

    and your champion among humankind is supported.

  47. وإنِّي بأيديكم صارمٌ

    يُقَدُّ به الدِّرع والمغْفَرُ

    In your hands I am a cutting sword,

    which cleaves the coat of mail and the mail-coif.

  48. أُدافعُ عنكم إذا غِبْتُمُ

    وأُثني عليكم ولم تحضروا

    I defend you when you are absent,

    and praise you when you are not present.

  49. وإنِّي لأَشكركم والجميلُ

    على كلّ أَحواله يُشكرُ

    Indeed I thank you; kindness

    in all its forms deserves thanks.

  50. فخذها إليك تُغيظ الحَسُودَ

    يراها المحبُّ فيستبشر

    So take it as yours: it enrages the envious,

    the admirer sees it and rejoices.

  51. تسرُّ لديك الوليَّ الحميمَ

    ويُبتَرُ شانِئُك الأَبترُ

    It delights the close friend in your presence,

    and your hater—the cut-off one—is severed.