أثني على ابني رسول الله أفضل ما — أبو وجزة السعدي

أُثني عَلى ابنَي رَسولِ اللَهِ أَفضَل ما

أَثنى بِهِ أَحَدٌ يَوماً عَلى أَحَدِ

I praise the two sons of God's Messenger with the finest praise

that anyone has ever bestowed on anyone:

السيّدَينِ الكَريمَي كلِّ مُنصَرفٍ

مِن والدَينِ وَمِن صِهرٍ وَمن وَلدِ

the two lords, noble in every branch of descent,

through both parents, through kin by marriage, and through offspring.

ذُرِّيَّةٌ بَعضُها مِن بَعضِها عَمِرَت

في أَصلِ مجدٍ رَفيعِ السَمكِ وَالعَمَدِ

A lineage, one generation sprung from another, has flourished

in glory's foundation, with lofty roof and pillars.

ماذا بَنى لَهُم مِن صالِحٍ حَسَنٌ

وَحَسنٌ وَعليّ وَاِبتَنوا لِغَدِ

How much good was built for them by Hasan,

and Hasan and Ali; they built for the morrow!

فَكَرَّمَ اللَهُ ذاكَ البَيتَ تَكرمةً

تَبقى وَتَخلُدُ فيهِ آخِرَ الأَبَدِ

So God honored that house with an honor

that endures and abides in it to the end of eternity.

هُم السَدى وَالنَدى ما في قَناتِهِمُ

إِذا تَعَوَّجَتِ العيدانِ من أَوَدِ

They are dew and bounty; their spear-shaft has no

crookedness when other shafts grow bent.

مُهَذَّبونَ هِجانٌ أُمَّهاتُهُمُ

إِذا نُسِبن زلال البارِقِ البَرِدِ

They are refined and pure of stock; their mothers,

when their lineage is traced, are clear, sweet water from a cool, lightning-bearing cloud.

بَينَ الفَواطِمَ ماذا ثَمَّ مِن كَرَمٍ

إِلى العَواتِكِ مَجدٌ غَيرُ مُنتقدِ

From among the Fatimas—what nobility there is!—

to the Atikas: glory beyond reproach.

ما يَنتَهي المَجدُ إِلّا في بَني حَسَنٍ

وَما لَهُم دونَهُ مِن دارِ مُلتَحدِ

Glory culminates only in the sons of Hasan,

and apart from it, they have no house of refuge.