1. The ascendants of Sa'd for good fortune are ascendants
And meteors of glory from their horizons are risings

2. And stars of success in the orbits of kingship
Appeared from the mansions of fortune, and fortune is rising

3. And moons of honor in stations of loftiness
For them, with conjunctions of fortune, there are gatherings

4. It has a nobility above the fixed stars, steadfast
And its shining light falls upon the simple constellation

5. The elevation of glory under its orbit is seen
A ray with the breadth of the worlds, luminous

6. At the supreme generation, the standard of the scholar
At his thresholds, pride is submissive

7. The king of propriety, his order is firm in resolve
And none can match him in the lofty goals

8. The lion of the loyalists of time bowed to his glory
And suffice you a glory no desirer can match

9. An imam of piety that ambitions do not elate
And a towering mountain that tremors do not shake

10. He has a clear lineage in the essence of greatness
Pride sprouted from it while he is mature and youthful

11. And a nature whose charm the meadow’s foliage
Appears more vivid than it, though it is the most blossoming

12. It is a resolve that the forefront of his intellect
Is as if through it what is unseen he surveys

13. He gained knowledge of the ancients, establishing
For it the interpretations brought by the laws

14. A sage whose intricacies of thought one day
Were subtle, surpassing the spheres' orbits in them the ascendants

15. And from the sources of his knowledge poured upon them
With the wisdom of a brilliant inspiration, radiant

16. It poured upon the seven planets the secret by which
The natures accept the genesis from them

17. So it ennobled Saturn with the loftiness of its rank
And gave abundant grace while it is returning

18. And gave Mars the flame of its fire
With which it acts generously in its horizon, and ripens

19. And distinguished Mercury with the kinds of clouds
There it is skillful in writing, excelling

20. And bestowed upon the orb of the moon allotted light
So its phases ready themselves, its natures

21. And cast upon the Sun the light, endearing
To Venus the melodies in it reciprocating

22. So say to the lad whose body is still struck
By the arrows of resolution from its bow, vying

23. My brother, observe in the horizons the shape of its aspect
You see it faded away from it while the body is rising

24. It has an aspiration on high, but its lot
Is the lowliness of dust, from beneath it competing

25. You see time the bandit has acquainted his eyelid
With the length of slumber while the tears are torrents

26. To what will the watchman call in seeking the lofty
Aims to attain the heights for it, hastening

27. You spend the night in one land and morn in another
The comrade of the lofty goals, your life wasted

28. You suffer the vicissitudes of fate turning from you and its leaning
To every ignorant one steeped in ignorance

29. It feathers for him the eagle of wishes flying
While your eagle is in the nest of humiliation fallen

30. You forsake a home in Damascus, beloved
Watered by life, and the pouring showers, torrents

31. Take shelter in the plain of its shade from the throne of its glory
And incline to the corners of its dome, so it is vast

32. Therein the south celestial pole is observed resting
And on one of its sides the north celestial pole rising

33. You see no deviation from the axis of its door
To reach the hopes - so deviation in it intersects

34. For the center of hopes is none but its side
And sufficient proof of that for you is conclusive

35. The stay of the masters of perfection at its doorstep
Upon legs of veneration while they are submitting

36. As if upon their foreheads, the birds are in awe
And no saying except what the fingers point

37. So O master whom fame has journeyed
Wherever the lands are expansive, the journey of the breeze

38. And whom all opinions have collectively agreed
He is unparalleled in collecting diverse merits

39. And the breast of this era and the excellent one whom
With his views the stars are guided, the ascendants

40. And whose abode of the destitute is a pillar and a corner
In the events of time, a warding pillar

41. To its lofty threshold I raised a darkness
Upon me brought by its alternating fate

42. It permits the hopes for the ignorant just as
It permits the passings without what I hope

43. And I know my sin with him while he is ignorant
That my praise, your door to him is interceding

44. Perhaps a look from my master to me, for I
Am a receptacle for what you grant, and you are the Maker

45. So this servant, time has made him active
For my lowness, and none but your deed raises me

46. You remained by the grace with which the two Shrines remain
Your side hoped for and your grace is abundant

47. The stranger did not despair throughout time, nor did
On the pulpit of branches the pages of yearning tighten