1. Alas! If only the people of the earth were in sorrow and the plain
A sacrifice for all their ignorance and the children of ignorance

2. It is nothing but an adornment for its kings
If only they were wise, they would ransom it with money and family

3. Abu Hassan is endowed with all virtues
Of nature, habit, speech and deed

4. He has reputable lineage and ancestry
Pure and refined, unique of its kind

5. With wisdom without weakness, words without spite
Silence without disgrace, and ease without jest

6. Ferocity without arrogance, benefit without harm
Generosity without pretense, promise without procrastination

7. When people are busy hoarding their money
He is ignorant of hoarding, spending his money unconcerned

8. He sees the benefit of his money in benefiting others
A disposition whose soul finds no pleasure in stinginess

9. As if his hands were molded from generosity
So the existence closest to giving is he

10. I see him as a protector for those fearing injustice
And a refuge for delegations in times of need

11. Abu Hassan, how alike people are to his name!
And what virtue of all virtues are you not his parallel?

12. You remain, and may God make your noble children remain
They are the branches, he knows they have a good root

13. We ask for your longevity, as though
We asked for the permanence of generosity and grace

14. And the new month congratulates you, heralding
The union of loved ones and gathering of kin

15. So perform for us your habitual kindness
Which even if we were silent, would come in ample portions