تركتُ ابنَ خولةَ لا عن قِلىً

تركتُ ابنَ خولةَ لا عن قِلىً

وإنّي لَكالكَلفِ الوامِقِ

وإنّي لَكالكَلفِ الوامِقِ

I left the son of Khawla, not out of aversion,

I left Ibn Khawla not out of boredom

And I am indeed like an infatuated lover.

And I am to him like a towering palm tree

وإنّي له حافظٌ في المَغيبِ

وإنّي له حافظٌ في المَغيبِ

أدين بما دانَ في الصَادقِ

أدين بما دانَ في الصَادقِ

And I remain faithful to him in his absence;

And I am still his protector when absent

I profess what he professed concerning al-Sadiq.

I owe what he owes to the Truthful

هو الحَبر حبرُ بني هاشمٍ

هو الحَبر حبرُ بني هاشمٍ

ونُورٌ من المَلِكِ الرازِقِ

ونُورٌ من المَلِكِ الرازِقِ

He is the scholar, the scholar of the sons of Hashim,

He is the ink of the Hashemites

And a light from the King, the Provider.

And a light from the Giving King

بهِ يُنعشُ اللهُ جمعَ العبادِ

بهِ يُنعشُ اللهُ جمعَ العبادِ

ويُجري البلاغةَ في النَّاطِقِ

ويُجري البلاغةَ في النَّاطِقِ

Through him God revives all His servants,

Through him Allah enlivens all people

And makes eloquence flow in the speaker.

And makes eloquence flow from the speaker

أتانَي بُرهانُه مُعْلَناً

أتانَي بُرهانُه مُعْلَناً

فدِنتُ ولم أَكَ كالمائِقِ

فدِنتُ ولم أَكَ كالمائِقِ

His proof came to me openly proclaimed,

His proof came to me openly

So I believed, and was not like a fool—

So I came near and was not like one who leaves

كمن صدَّ بعدَ بيانِ الهُدى

كمن صدَّ بعدَ بيانِ الهُدى

إلى حَبْتَرٍ وأبي حامِقِ

إلى حَبْتَرٍ وأبي حامِقِ

Like one who turned away, after guidance was made clear,

Like one who, after the clarity of guidance

Toward Habtar and Abu Hamiq.

Turns to nonsense and stupidity