1. He goes about matters as they begin,
And his thoughts show him their ends.

2. So he keeps originating them and bringing them back,
Informing of their present and their absent.

3. When a difficult one becomes harsh and glowing,
Its guide is its undertaker.

4. The independent one in it when it is intertwined
And has crooked upon the days its seeker.

5. You took over the Caliphate when it was erected for you,
So you protected it and prevented its aspect.

6. And you made it just, so it became balanced,
And you satisfied its desirer and its monk.

7. Generally, you covered its crimes with pardon,
And you watered its demands with help.

8. And when the wars grew violent you sent against them
An opinion that routs its battalions.

9. An opinion, when the swords grew, advanced,
A resolve by which its striking places were healed.

10. It flowed to a sect with its government
And it settled in another its composers.

11. And when the afflictions eased and abated,
Its reconcilers calmed its vicissitudes.

12. Until the turns of fate brought it blessings,
Its battlefields, its striking places.

13. And when your hand conducted its conscience,
The world displayed for it its attributes.