يابن الخلائف وابنَ كل مباركٍ

يابن الخلائف وابنَ كل مباركٍ

رأس الدعائم سابق الأغصانِ

رأس الدعائم سابق الأغصانِ

O son of caliphs, and son of every blessed man,

O son of caliphs and son of all the blessed

Head of the pillars, foremost of the branches,

The pillar of pillars, the foremost of branches

إنّ العلوج على ابن عمك أصفقوا

إنّ العلوج على ابن عمك أصفقوا

فأتوك عنه بأعظم البهتانِ

فأتوك عنه بأعظم البهتانِ

Indeed, the barbarians have banded together against your cousin,

Verily the Al-Ulajj have clapped against your cousin

So they came to you with the gravest slander about him.

And come to you against him with the greatest of lies

قرفوه عندك بالتعدي ظالماً

قرفوه عندك بالتعدي ظالماً

وهم ابتدوه بأعظم العدوانِ

وهم ابتدوه بأعظم العدوانِ

They accused him before you of aggression, calling him an oppressor,

They have defamed him with you as an oppressor

Though they first assailed him with the gravest aggression.

While they started with him the greatest of aggressions

شتموا له عِرضاً أغرَّ مهذَّبا

شتموا له عِرضاً أغرَّ مهذَّبا

أعراضهم أولى بكلِّ هوانِ

أعراضهم أولى بكلِّ هوانِ

They reviled his illustrious, unsullied honor;

They have reviled his honor which refined

Their own honor is more deserving of every disgrace.

While their own honor is most deserving of abasement

وسموا بأجسام إليه مهينةٍ

وسموا بأجسام إليه مهينةٍ

وُصِلَتْ بالأم أذرع وبنانِ

وُصِلَتْ بالأم أذرع وبنانِ

And they rose toward him with contemptible bodies,

And they attributed to him degraded bodies

Joined to the vilest arms and fingers,

While the Mother of the Two Arms and the Two Branches was created

خُلقت لمدِّ القَلْسِ لا لتناول

خُلقت لمدِّ القَلْسِ لا لتناول

عِرضَ الشريف ولا لمدِّ عنانِ

عِرضَ الشريف ولا لمدِّ عنانِ

Created for hauling a ship's cable, not for laying hands on

To extend the robe not to violate

The nobleman's honor, nor for stretching a rein.

The honor of the noble nor to extend the bridle

لم يحفظوا قُرباه منك فينتهوا

لم يحفظوا قُرباه منك فينتهوا

إذ لم يهابوا حرمة السلطانِ

إذ لم يهابوا حرمة السلطانِ

They did not respect his kinship with you enough to desist,

They did not respect his kinship to you and thus refrain

Since they did not fear the sovereign's sanctity.

Since they did not fear the sanctity of the Sultan

أيذلُّ مظلوما وجدّك جدّه

أيذلُّ مظلوما وجدّك جدّه

كيما يعزَّ بذله علجانِ

كيما يعزَّ بذله علجانِ

Must he be wrongfully abased, though your grandfather is his,

Would you humiliate an oppressed man whose grandfather was yours

So that two barbarians may gain honor through his abasement,

So that thereby the Al-`Ulajj would be honored

وينال أقلف كربلاء بلاده

وينال أقلف كربلاء بلاده

ذُلَّ ابن عمِّ خليفة الرحمانِ

ذُلَّ ابن عمِّ خليفة الرحمانِ

And an uncircumcised man, whose homeland is Karbala, achieve

And the wretched of Karbala would gain his country

The abasement of the cousin of the All-Merciful's caliph?

The humiliation of the cousin of the Caliph of the Merciful

إنّي أعيذك أن تنال بك التي

إنّي أعيذك أن تنال بك التي

تطغى العلوج بها على عدنانِ

تطغى العلوج بها على عدنانِ

Indeed, I seek protection for you lest through you be attained that

I seek refuge for you from that with which

By which the barbarians lord it over Adnan.

The Al-Ulajj tyrannize over Adnan