حَصانٌ رَزانٌ ما تُزِنُّ بِريبَةٍ

حَصانٌ رَزانٌ ما تُزِنُّ بِريبَةٍ

وَتُصبِحُ غَرثى مِن لُحومِ الغَوافِلِ

وَتُصبِحُ غَرثى مِن لُحومِ الغَوافِلِ

Chaste and dignified, never suspected of wrongdoing,

A graceful steed does not falter with doubt

And she wakes hungry, having eaten no flesh of unsuspecting women.

Yet becomes covered in flesh of the slain

عَقيلَةُ حَيٍّ مِن لُؤَيِّ بنِ غالِبٍ

عَقيلَةُ حَيٍّ مِن لُؤَيِّ بنِ غالِبٍ

كِرامِ المَساعي مَجدُهُم غَيرُ زائِلِ

كِرامِ المَساعي مَجدُهُم غَيرُ زائِلِ

A noble lady of a clan descended from Lu'ayy ibn Ghalib,

Protection of the living, from Lu'ay, son of Ghalib

Noble in their endeavors, their glory never fading.

Their glorious endeavors will never fade

مُهَذَّبَةٌ قَد طَيَّبَ اللَهُ خَيمَها

مُهَذَّبَةٌ قَد طَيَّبَ اللَهُ خَيمَها

وَطَهَّرَها مِن كُلِّ سورٍ وَباطِلِ

وَطَهَّرَها مِن كُلِّ سورٍ وَباطِلِ

Refined—God has made her character virtuous,

Refined, as God has perfumed her dwelling

And purified her of all fury and falsehood.

And cleansed it of idols and all wickedness

فَإِن كُنتُ قَد قُلتُ الَّذي قَد زَعَمتُمُ

فَإِن كُنتُ قَد قُلتُ الَّذي قَد زَعَمتُمُ

فَلا رَفَعَت صَوتي إِلَيَّ أَنامِلي

فَلا رَفَعَت صَوتي إِلَيَّ أَنامِلي

So if I have said what you have alleged,

If I have said what you claim I have said

Then may my fingertips never raise my voice toward me.

Then my fingers did not raise my voice to me

فَكَيفَ وَوِدّي ما حَيِيتُ وَنُصرَتي

فَكَيفَ وَوِدّي ما حَيِيتُ وَنُصرَتي

لِآلِ رَسولِ اللَهِ زَينِ المَحافِلِ

لِآلِ رَسولِ اللَهِ زَينِ المَحافِلِ

How, then, could I, when my love, as long as I live, and my support

How could that be when my love and support

Are for the family of God's Messenger, the adornment of assemblies?

Are for the house of God's Messenger, pride of all people

لَهُ رَتَبٍ عالٍ عَلى الناسِ كُلِّهِم

لَهُ رَتَبٍ عالٍ عَلى الناسِ كُلِّهِم

تَقاصَرُ عَنهُ سَورَةَ المُتَطاوِلِ

تَقاصَرُ عَنهُ سَورَةَ المُتَطاوِلِ

His is a lofty rank above all people,

He has a lofty station above all mankind

The stature of any would-be rival falls short of it.

Beyond the reach of the outstretched hands of any rival

فَإِنَّ الَذي قَد قيلَ لَيسَ بِلائِطٍ

فَإِنَّ الَذي قَد قيلَ لَيسَ بِلائِطٍ

وَلَكِنَّهُ قَولُ اِمرِئٍ بِيَ ماحِلِ

وَلَكِنَّهُ قَولُ اِمرِئٍ بِيَ ماحِلِ

For what has been said does not cling to me,

For what has been said is no idle prattle

But it is the speech of a man who slanders me.

Rather the words of a noble and judicious man