1. A book came to me, clearing worries,
In the heart it stayed the night, wandering.

2. Its ink is eloquent, it is for the one
Who has merits among all people of the times.

3. The sweetness of the water of the Nile is in the sea of his poetry,
So its peak, no boat can reach.

4. A leader in every art with skill,
A literary man with wonders in this ode.

5. He shows us in the lines of his composition,
So the seller of high quality pearls is blameworthy.

6. Who spends the jewels of the sea in a day loses out,
And who spends the jewels of ink lasts forever.

7. My soul has been humbled by his solemnity, and
My status among my people has been raised by him.

8. Speech has been blocked from me, until I thought
Myself dumb, having no aptitude for poetry.

9. My thoughts misled me into darkness, while
His ideas appeared to me like stars.

10. I had chosen to be silent out of courtesy,
But praising Yusuf is a duty.

11. So who can forgive me for the coldness of my praise
In winter, when embers and clothes grow cold?

12. He is the unique scholar, whose fame
Tha'w, Sa'a and Raakib praise.

13. The east was illuminated by the light of his ascendance,
And the west smelled sweet by the fragrance his beauty spreads.

14. Dignified, when the honorable bow down and thrones shake,
In the essence of composure, he remains steady.

15. He has the majesty of the tranquility of his Lord,
Guiding him to righteousness and piety.

16. No ear has heard his preaching to troublemakers,
Except it, repenting to God.

17. The adornments of the world are equal in his eyes,
He does not covet its oddities and desires.

18. If his concern was attaining high office,
Its rough roads would have surrendered to him.

19. So people of power fear him, all of them,
And they have loved him and made him content.

20. When he speaks, truth and right are his aim,
While many speakers lie for money.

21. Blame does not increase if an eye refuses kindness,
And he has no barrier against one asking courtesy.

22. Neither absent nor present, his decree is unsound,
Nor his success imperfect for one who is absent.

23. In every virtue he surpassed and gained fame,
Merits across horizons that are brilliant stars.

24. The one with good character cries over his excess,
While the arrogant one kneels over his stature.

25. Those whom I thought sought highness,
Have no counters for its excessive amount.