أَبوكَ أَبو عَلِيٍّ ذو عَلاءٍ

أَبوكَ أَبو عَلِيٍّ ذو عَلاءٍ

إِذا عُدَّ الكِرامُ وَأَنتَ نَجلُه

إِذا عُدَّ الكِرامُ وَأَنتَ نَجلُه

Your father, Abu Ali, is a man of eminence,

Your father Abu Ali is a man of great distinction

when noble men are counted—and you are his son.

When the generous are counted, you are his son

وَإِنَّ أَباكَ إِذ تُعزى إِلَيهِ

وَإِنَّ أَباكَ إِذ تُعزى إِلَيهِ

لَكَالطاووس تقبح مِنهُ رِجلُه

لَكَالطاووس تقبح مِنهُ رِجلُه

And indeed your father, when you are reckoned his son,

And your father, when traced back to him

is like a peacock whose foot is ugly.

Is like a peacock - only its feet are ugly