1. أَلا أَبلِغ قُرَيشاً حَيثُ حَلَّت

    وَكُلُّ سَرائِرٍ مِنها غُرورُ

    Hear now: tell Quraysh, wherever they dwell,

    and all their hidden designs are deceit.

  2. فَإِنّي وَالضَوابِحُ غادِياتٌ

    وَما تَتلو السَفاسِرَةُ الشُهورُ

    For I—by the panting steeds setting out at dawn,

    and by what the renowned scholars recite—

  3. لِآلِ مُحَمّدٍ راعٍ حَفيظٌ

    وِدادُ الصَدرِ مِنّي وَالضَميرُ

    am a watchful guardian of Muhammad's family,

    with affection from my breast and inmost heart.

  4. فَلَستُ بِقاطِعٍ رَحمي وَوُلدي

    وَلَو جَرَّت مَظالِمَها الجَرورُ

    So I am not one to sever ties with my kin and my children,

    even if the dragger drags its injustices along.

  5. أَيا مَن جَمعُهُم أَفناء فِهرٍ

    لِقَتلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَالأمرُ زورُ

    O you whose host comprises the assorted clans of Fihr,

    gathered to kill Muhammad, though the cause is false:

  6. فَلا وَأَبيكَ لا ظَفرَت قُرَيشٌ

    وَلا لَقِيَت رَشاداً إِذ تُشيرُ

    No, by your father, may Quraysh never prevail,

    nor find right guidance when it gives counsel.

  7. بَني أَخي وَنوطُ قَلبي مِنّي

    وَأَبيضُ ماؤُهُ غَدَقٌ كَثيرُ

    My brother's sons, and my heart's own attachment,

    and a fair one whose water is copious and abundant;

  8. وَيَشرَبُ بَعدَهُ الوِلدانُ ريّاً

    وَأَحمَدُ قَد تَضَمَّنَهُ القُبورُ

    and after him the children drink their fill,

    while Ahmad has already been enfolded by the graves.

  9. أَيا اِبنَ الأَنفِ أَنف بَني قُصَيٍّ

    كَأَنَّ جَبينَكَ القَمَرُ المُنيرُ

    O son of the chief—the 'nose' of Qusayy's sons—

    your brow is like the radiant moon.