1. مَهَّدَ العُذْرَ بُعْدَ مَا أَنَا رَائِوُ

    فَانْتَهَى عَاذِلٌ وَأَقْصَرَ لائِمْ

    The remoteness of what I seek [uncertain reading] has furnished my excuse;

    so a reprover desisted, and a blamer ceased.

  2. أَي مَدْحٍ مُبْلِغٍ قَائِلِيهِ

    بَعْضُ مَا تَقْتَضِي مَنَاقِبُ هَاشِمْ

    What praise can enable those who utter it to attain

    even part of what Hashim’s virtues demand?

  3. أَيُّ بَيْتٍ كَذَلِكَ البَيْتِ عِزّاً

    أَيُّ مَجْدٍ كَمَجْدِهِ المُتَقَادِمْ

    What house resembles that house in honor?

    What glory compares with its ancient glory?

  4. أَيُّ بَأْسِ وَأَيُّ حِلْمِ وَهَلْ يُلْفَى

    كَذَاكَ النَّدَى وَتِلْكَ المَكَارِمْ

    What valor, and what forbearance! And can there be found

    such generosity and such noble virtues?