1. You are generous, so extend your hand of generosity in giving
And refrain your hand of giving from me, O asking hand

2. And give abundantly to my like in an important matter that concerns him
Your gift, so you have no excuse to refrain from my like

3. And beware of forcing me to ask
For I see none deserving of merit other than you among my people

4. You have folded the sun of virtues and erased
The features of the virtuous and the meritorious

5. And farewell to one who claims his merit while his merit has departed
And the age has girded itself with stinginess and ignorance

6. So be my helper in what you deserve
Of merit and upholding your word with action

7. So be my helper in thinking through every word
That shows you in the mirror of wisdom the image of reason

8. A systematically composed poem like a pearl of pure words
And like the dawn, equally lucid in speech and deed

9. Issuing from an eloquent one, well-mannered, if he claimed it
A pure scion, graced with it, of good stock

10. Named the Friend of God, the devout, the pious, who
Was distinguished by his devotion, and needless to mention, his reason

11. You have clarified for us from the ambiguous situation what was hidden
And shown a title that indicates merit

12. By reason one excels, not by appearance
And by pure virtue becomes excellent as an ideal

13. Your stringing hopes in us is guaranteed
By excellent choice, confirmed in my view without transmission

14. We have become poor, so favor us with acceptance
For an aspect of righteousness and connection you have aimed

15. For now and hereafter, I will not be heedless
And success in matters is enough for you gradually