1. Greetings of peace from the garden of peace
Specifically for you, O son of the Imam

2. It comes with the soft breezes every morn
And flows at dusk with the clouds

3. When darkness descends, it lights
The lightning flash in the gloom of darkness

4. To tell of a heart filled with love for you
A pillar since between us stood the trustee

5. And of a covenant whose lord has abandoned
So the heart was inflamed with passion for him

6. Foods pass him by though they are sweet
And he dislikes drinks and food

7. He readied himself to fly in passion and longing
To you, but the pace of the dove prevented him

8. And I have a yearning like the yearning of birds
With it the youth of my limit and resolve

9. If I fall short then 'tis from lack of loyalty
And if the arrow misses, blame the defective feather

10. He who hopes to rise without wings
Is like one who mounts a steed without reins

11. And I have no alternative but to journey
To you slowly, like the gait of ostriches

12. My pride is in visiting your abode
And my humility in staying in my place

13. The light of poetry has dimmed in your absence
And the water of speech dried up without you

14. Words cannot convey meaning to us
Nor can verse flow into meter

15. After you we met time, what time!
And this year without you, what a year!

16. Its benefit remote, harmful to the close
An ally to villains against the noble

17. I fear the fever of Valencia which
Used to make the heroes fly to the baths

18. And around it roamed the steeds of Christians
Though you protected it from every defender

19. And they passed secure by its sides
When they feared you in their dreams

20. Without a lion, the den is not feared
Nor is the tomb feared without swords

21. Wherein no chaos was feared
As if one were in the holy land

22. So it has no life left for its inhabitants
Save a life like that of turtledoves

23. Our master Abu Zayd who suckled us
The teat of righteousness and great bounties

24. After his departure we grew into elders
Returned to the bitterness of weaning

25. Exalted, he protected the borders from enemies
May God protect him from poison and fever

26. O son of the caliph of God, the chosen one
And grandson of our Imam, best of all men

27. Yours is the old purchase of glory
And the unveiling of momentous calamities

28. And the raising of lofty flags
Firmly planted and clarifying policies

29. No son of Qays Aylan had his father
Keen in matters and wise

30. Perhaps the servant errs at times
So he helps him realize his hopes

31. And aids him against the injustice of deserts
With the roar of a smooth-reined lion

32. To bring me the receipt of the construction of a royal palace
Wherein my bones may settle, thanks to his bounty

33. And I may kiss the dust of his shoes, and so
Fulfill some of my hopes with that dust