1. طافَ الخَيالُ وَحَيِّهِ بِسلامِ

    أَنّي أَلَمَّ وَلَيسَ حينَ لِمامِ

    The dream-vision came by; greet it with peace.

    How did it come visiting, when this is no time for a visit?

  2. يا اِبنَ الَّذي وَرِث النّبِيَّ مُحَمَّداً

    دونَ الأَقارِبِ مِن ذَوي الأَرحامِ

    O son of him who inherited from the Prophet Muhammad,

    to the exclusion of the other blood relatives.

  3. أَلوَحيُ بِينَ بَني البَناتِ وَبَينَكُم

    قَطَعَ الخِصامَ فَلاتَ حينَ خِصامِ

    Revelation, between the daughters' sons and you,

    has ended the dispute, so this is no time for dispute.

  4. ما لِلنِّساءِ مَعَ الرِجالِ فَريضَةٌ

    نَزَلَت بِذلِكِ سورَةُ الأَنعامِ

    Women have no allotted share alongside men;

    The surah al-An'am was revealed to that effect.

  5. أَنّي يَكونُ وَلَيسَ ذاكَ بِكائِنٍ

    لِبَني البَناتِ وِراثَةُ الأَعمامِ

    How could it be—and it cannot be—

    that daughters' sons receive the paternal uncles' inheritance?

  6. أَلغى سِهامَهُمُ الكِتابُ فَحاوَلوا

    أَن يَشرَعوا فيها بِغَيرِ سِهامِ

    The Book annulled their shares, so they tried

    to enter into it without any shares.

  7. ظَفِرَت بَنو ساقي الحَجيجِ بِحَقِّهِم

    وَغُرِرتُمُ بِتَوَهُّمِ الأَحلامِ

    The sons of the pilgrims' water-giver have won their rightful due,

    and you were deceived by the illusions of dreams.

  8. خَلّوا الطَريقَ لِمَعشَرٍ عاداتُهُم

    حَطمُ المَناكِبِ كُلَّ يَومِ زِحامِ

    Clear the way for a people whose custom is

    to crush shoulders on every day of jostling.

  9. وَاِرضَوا بِما قَسَمَ الإِلهُ لَكُم بِهِ

    وَدَعوا وِراثَةَ كُلِّ أَصيَدَ حامِ

    And be content with what God has allotted you through it,

    and leave alone the inheritance of every proud defender.