وَلَيسَ بِعَدلٍ إِن سَبَبتُ مُقاعِساً

وَلَيسَ بِعَدلٍ إِن سَبَبتُ مُقاعِساً

بِئابائِيَ الشُمِّ الكِرامِ الخَضارِمِ

بِئابائِيَ الشُمِّ الكِرامِ الخَضارِمِ

And it is not fair if I revile Muqāʿis

It is not justice if I revile seats

with my lofty, noble, munificent forefathers.

By my noble fathers, Pure and honored ancestors,

وَلَكِنَّ عَدلاً لَو سَبَبتُ وَسَبَّني

وَلَكِنَّ عَدلاً لَو سَبَبتُ وَسَبَّني

بَنو عَبدِ شَمسٍ مِن مَنافٍ وَهاشِمِ

بَنو عَبدِ شَمسٍ مِن مَنافٍ وَهاشِمِ

But it would be fair if I reviled and was reviled by

But it would be just if I revile and they revile me,

the sons of ʿAbd Shams and Hāshim, of Manāf’s line.

The clan of Abd Shams, of Manaf and Hashim.