ما عاصمٌ لأبيه

ما عاصمٌ لأبيه

ولا له بشبيهِ

ولا له بشبيهِ

Asim is not his father's son,

No protector had he like his father

Asim belongs not to his father,

Nor does he resemble him.

Nor anyone resembling him

Nor does he bear him any resemblance.

أضحى لقومٍ كثيره

أضحى لقومٍ كثيره

فكلّهم يدّعيهِ

فكلّهم يدّعيهِ

He has come to belong to many people,

He became claimed by many people

He has become shared by a multitude,

So every one of them claims him.

And each of them stakes a claim

And every one of them lays claim to him.

فذا يقولُ بُنيّ

فذا يقولُ بُنيّ

وذا يخاصمُ فيهِ

وذا يخاصمُ فيهِ

So this one says, “My little son,”

One calls him 'my son'

This one says, "He is my son,"

And that one quarrels over him.

Another disputes over him

And that one quarrels over him.

والأمُ تضحكُ منهم

والأمُ تضحكُ منهم

لعلمها بأبيهِ

لعلمها بأبيهِ

And the mother laughs at them,

While his mother laughs at them

Yet the mother laughs at them,

Because she knows who his father is.

For she knows well his father

For she knows his true father.