1. O you who convey the news of the generous ones, following
Their tracks in all they have trodden,

2. If you are asked about the world and its one,
Say: Damascus, and Musa the most noble king,

3. The one illuminated as the days, while the nights are dark,
The one pulling out his sword, while the horses clash,

4. A king whom those who swear, swear by without hesitation,
Saying undoubtedly: he is the king,

5. He hides benevolence out of kindness though it is apparent,
And veils righteousness out of pardon though it is exposed,

6. The attributes of his glories have flown so it is no wonder,
That one who says the meteors apart from it are but sparks,

7. The tails of the nightly darkness love to caress his feet,
As if the orbit wishes to cast them in the ground as pegs,

8. His two hands contradicted each other; one day in the havoc of war,
They are ferocious, and in views and opinions they wrestle,

9. God has granted success to whoever spends his evening
In events, holding onto God's rope.