1. سِبطان أمّهما الزهراءُ مُنجِبةٌ

    سادتْ نِساءَ جميعِ العالَميّاتِ

    Two grandsons: their mother, al-Zahra, is a bearer of noble offspring.

    She surpassed the women of all the worlds.

  2. ابنا الرسولِ الذي جَلَّتْ فضائِلُهُ

    إن عُدَّدَ الفضلُ عن وصفِ المَقالاتِ

    The two sons of the Messenger, whose virtues are too great

    —if excellence is recounted—for words to describe.

  3. وابنا الوصيِّ الذي كانت ولايتُهُ

    حتماً من اللهِ في تنزيلِ آياتِ

    And the two sons of the designated successor, whose guardianship was

    A binding decree from God in the revelation of verses.

  4. أولاك من آدمٍ في بيت مَعْلُوَةٍ

    تواضعت عندَه كلُّ البيتوتاتِ

    Those are of Adam’s line, in a house of eminence,

    Before which all houses humbled themselves.