أَدْنَفْتَني مذْ شَكَت ألحاظُك الدّنفا

أَدْنَفْتَني مذْ شَكَت ألحاظُك الدّنفا

وانقدّ خصرُك لِينا وانْثنى هَيَفَا

وانقدّ خصرُك لِينا وانْثنى هَيَفَا

You made me languish since your glances complained of languor,

You have charmed me since your eyes flashed with anger

And your waist gave way in suppleness and bent in slenderness.

And your slender waist bent gently.

يا من حكَى الشمسَ وجْهاً والدّجى طُرَراً

يا من حكَى الشمسَ وجْهاً والدّجى طُرَراً

وأشبَه الماء لِينا والهوا تَرَفا

وأشبَه الماء لِينا والهوا تَرَفا

O you who resemble the sun in face and night’s darkness in forelocks,

O you who portrayed the sun as a face and darkness as a veil,

And resemble water in suppleness and the air in delicacy;

And likened water to softness and air to luxury.

ومن حكت مقلتاه الظَّبْيَ مُلْتَفتاً

ومن حكت مقلتاه الظَّبْيَ مُلْتَفتاً

وأشبهَ الغصنَ تليينا ومُنعَطَفا

وأشبهَ الغصنَ تليينا ومُنعَطَفا

And you whose two eyes resemble a gazelle turning to look,

You whose glances depicted the gazelle turning,

And resemble a bough in pliancy and curvature—

And resembled the bending branch, pliant and curved.

كيف اقتضيتَ فؤاداً لم يبت قَنَصاً

كيف اقتضيتَ فؤاداً لم يبت قَنَصاً

وكيف كلَّفت قلباً لم يذب كَلَفا

وكيف كلَّفت قلباً لم يذب كَلَفا

How did you claim a heart that had never been prey?

How did you demand a heart that knew no sleeplessness?

And how did you burden a heart that had never melted with passion?

And how did you task a heart that never knew fatigue?

دمِي دمٌ عَلَوِيّ لا يُطَلُّ فلا

دمِي دمٌ عَلَوِيّ لا يُطَلُّ فلا

تحاربِ المجد والآدابَ والشرفا

تحاربِ المجد والآدابَ والشرفا

My blood is Alid blood; it is not left unavenged, so do not

My blood is noble blood that disdains baseness;

Wage war on glory, refinement, and honor.

So do not oppose glory, morals, and honor.

قُطْبُ الورى هاشمٌ فضلاً ومَعْلُوةً

قُطْبُ الورى هاشمٌ فضلاً ومَعْلُوةً

نحن قطبُ أعالي هاشمٍ وكَفَى

نحن قطبُ أعالي هاشمٍ وكَفَى

Hashim is humankind’s axis in excellence and exalted rank;

The axis of the world is Hashim in excellence and nobility.

We are the axis of Hashim’s noblest, and that suffices:

We are the axis of the lofty Hashimites, and that suffices.

آل النبيّ وأبناء الوصِيّ وإخ

آل النبيّ وأبناء الوصِيّ وإخ

وان النجِيّ وسادات الكرام وفا

وان النجِيّ وسادات الكرام وفا

The Prophet’s family, the Legatee’s sons, and broth-

The family of the Prophet, the sons of the successor,

ers of the Confidant, and lords of the generous in fidelity.

The kinsmen of the Prophet, and the lords of nobility.