1. ربّ ليلٍ زارَ فيه قمرٌ

    خدّه المحمرّ بالأقمار شامت

    Many a night a moon came visiting,

    his reddened cheek gloating over the moons.

  2. ذو نطاقٍ وسوارٍ لم يدَع

    ناطقاً غيرهما عندي وصامت

    Wearing a girdle and a bracelet, he left

    no speaking or silent thing with me except those two.

  3. فاح نشراً وبدا فالبدر من

    حسدٍ خافٍ ونشرُ الروضِ خافت

    He exuded fragrance and appeared; the full moon, out of

    envy, lay hidden, and the garden’s scent was faint.

  4. مثلما أقبلت من مصرها

    أنجم العلم فنجم الشام شامت

    Just as there came from their Egypt

    the stars of learning, and al-Sham’s star gloated.

  5. يا بني الأنصار طابت وزكت

    في العلى منكم فروعٌ ومنابت

    O sons of the Ansar, fair and flourishing are

    your branches and roots in the heights of glory.

  6. لو سكتنا عن ثناءٍ لغدا

    فضلكم بين البرايا غير ساكت

    Were we to cease our praise, then would

    your merit among humankind be anything but silent.

  7. سؤدد حسَّنَ بيتاً ثابتاً

    فكفاكم منه حسّان بن ثابت

    A nobility that graced a firmly established house—

    so Hassan ibn Thabit, of that house, is enough for you.