أبناءُ فاطمةٍ رسلُ العُلا رضعوا

أبناءُ فاطمةٍ رسلُ العُلا رضعوا

وبالسَّماحِ غدوا والجودِ إذ فطموا

وبالسَّماحِ غدوا والجودِ إذ فطموا

Fatimah’s sons suckled the milk of eminence,

The children of Fatima are the messengers of nobility, they were nurtured

and were nourished on liberality and generosity when they were weaned.

And with generosity they spend their mornings and with open-handedness when they are weaned

قومٌ إذا حلف الأقوامُ أنَّهُمُ

قومٌ إذا حلف الأقوامُ أنَّهُمُ

خيرُ البرّيةِ لم يحنث لهم قسمُ

خيرُ البرّيةِ لم يحنث لهم قسمُ

A people: when nations swear that they

They are a people when the tribes swear that they

are the best of creation, no oath of theirs proves false.

Are the best of creation, their oath does not prove false

سما لهم في سماءِ المجدِ من شرفِ

سما لهم في سماءِ المجدِ من شرفِ

بيتٌ تداعت إليه العُربُ والعجَمُ

بيتٌ تداعت إليه العُربُ والعجَمُ

In glory’s sky there rose for them, fashioned of honor,

For them is an abode of honor inscribed in the heavens

a house to which Arabs and non-Arabs flocked.

A house which the Arabs and non-Arabs flock to

مناقبٌ سمحت في كلِّ مكرمةٍ

مناقبٌ سمحت في كلِّ مكرمةٍ

كانَّما هي في أنف العُلا شَمَمُ

كانَّما هي في أنف العُلا شَمَمُ

Virtues that were bountiful in every noble deed,

Virtues which rise with every act of nobility

as though they were the proud rise in eminence’s nose.

As if they were the scent smelled at the peak of glory