1. Congratulations on an achievement towards which victory strides,
Spreading for it sevenfold, not falling short,

2. And advancing willingly towards the opening, not hesitating
From the farthest goal, nor discouraged,

3. Through your obedience kings became eminent, so they hastened
Quickly to what you wanted, unfailing,

4. And which cloud on the horizon does your lofty hand not bestow
A sea of gifts upon it?

5. By your mention the guide of the travelling party in the wilderness set forth
And made the ears happy with pearls and treasures,

6. And one who is like Nasr, favouring, hoping,
Giving generously and benefiting kindly and openly,

7. When terror frowns he becomes gently smiling,
And if hands of aid are withheld he holds them outstretched,

8. His munificence quenches the tie of aid from his palm,
By God, how he quenches it from a joiner of gifts!

9. And if a family deviates from the path of truth,
His rule over them the next day is by sword and captivity, equitable,

10. With his determination he embraced the countries, so none
Is seen more compassionate among kings, or more protective,

11. Kind, merciful, beneficent, gracious,
Noble, clement, forgiving sins and mistakes,

12. He is the just, the pleasing, he is the arbiter
Who when he administers dominions judges most equitably,

13. His errors lead astray while his right hand
Is more guiding to the paths of noble deeds than steps,

14. And how his resolve marched ahead to meet victory,
An impregnable march for the enemy,

15. He attains sublime heights by highlands other than one
Who transcended the precipice of dangers for glory and mounted,

16. And one who woos the most high with steadfastness and return,
Does he desire compromise?

17. None but the decisive turns toward victory
And none but the strong turns toward glory and mounts,

18. Determinations - if implemented they would enable the full moon to rise
And the turbulent sea to be controlled and the ages mastered -

19. Rush at the summons of guidance, faster than
The twinkle of lightning and livelier,

20. So one whose sorrel is like the dawn when it follows darkness
And leaves it to the morn stripped bare,

21. And his bay recounts when daybreak's steeds are lively
Darkness, and when saddled his ornament,

22. With his lofty ones sight wanders and rests when
He becomes deliverer from dread spread wide,

23. He was not satisfied in the River of the Pleiades to alight
Or opposite the flowers of the stars to tether,

24. And one who is like the Helpers of the Messenger who guided
To the right path those who had strayed and mixed,

25. And one who made the Trustworthy Spirit his companion
When he conversed secretly and mounted the Heavenly Steed,

26. And goodness until the Day of Resurrection will remain
When he sheltered in it and departed,

27. So it became permitted, however much sins are forgiven through it,
The mistakes of created beings when it takes effect,

28. And a horizon to the Wise Remembrance, and a rising place
And a destination to the Noble Revelation, and a place of descent,

29. They supported him when he sought asylum with them
And prevented the profligate transgressor,

30. So each is seen where the spears bend
To repel the enemies, roused and rousing,

31. And each is seen where the swords flash
Superabounding for his pleasure, not failing,

32. Qays ibn Sa'd left no one behind, mixing
Disbelief with the pure religion,

33. If an apostate deviated from the path of guidance,
Persisting upon the clear truth and coveting,

34. He would restrain him if he was awed in terror,
And steady whoever seeks flight, preventing it,

35. They begot from the Supporter of the Religion, Yusuf,
An imam surpassing clouds in bounty and gifts,

36. You see the light of his essence and the munificence of his right hand
Whether the full moon gives light or rain pours down,

37. And if his right hand grasps a sword it decrees that
He spread the shade of security for us and extend,

38. And if it unleashes a torrent in the heat of war
It pursues one from whom it will not be discouraged,

39. The scope of success is narrowed for every transgressor
When for the wrongdoer he opens wide the way,

40. So for God are the deeds of actors in the conflict,
They are safe from being shaken and annulled,

41. The heroes have been arranged where its lines
Are drawn, doubling for the high-minded a place of descent,

42. Lines - the edge of the sword reached their letters -
For it to interpret and the engraver to dot,

43. And Yahya whom God separated from his group
So he fled to the furthest lands and abandoned,

44. And for his Master great rights remained
Upon him, too momentous to be ignored or concealed,

45. But one whom his treacherous deeds please
When he desires to please God is enraged,

46. So no former hope remains except disappointing
And no later work except annulled,

47. His state deserted him, strength failed him,
Stuck in the quagmire of his betrayal,

48. He showed ostentatious piety at times and became
Wretched, despised, erring of opinion, muddled,

49. And deceived by returning to Him - so when
He was alarmed in Hellfire's blaze trapped,

50. And called from afar to his brother, who came to him
And dissolved his protection, after it coagulated,

51. Truly they flailed blindly when they sought that
Through which every evil in existence consolidates,

52. They desire guidance through betrayal, yet it
Decrees their straying and confusion,

53. The spark of zinc was kindled in the strife in which
It later decreed their humiliation and downfall,

54. It paralyzed their hands with shunning words
And they knew no path nor left one,

55. So the tongue of discourse said, as it flowed within them:
"Demand, if you wish today, and scheme,

56. Fate has brought them unwillingly to misery
And the deluded one from where he was lively became cast down

57. He thought the earth would protect his repositories
To become in it remorseful when lowered,

58. Good tidings of mysteries of the Unseen that were veiled
By the attainment of wishes - their covering is lifted -

59. And below you, my Master, are rhymes from them
That hope for some acceptance from you enlivened,

60. So my lot has been brought near to hopes
And my expression made welcome to hearings,

61. You remain destroying disbelief however the dawn glows
And the wilderness cuts off the watering-place.