1. Who can bring me close when visiting is so dear?
Blessed is he who attains this and succeeds.

2. If only I could raise my state towards you,
But promoting one's state is not allowed.

3. O Sheikh, your views
Are our protection in adversities, a firm refuge.

4. The metres were presented but no circles
Of them confused you, nor did their symbols.

5. And so you followed their rhymes closely,
Obeyed by the shortened and the prolonged.

6. You set out with determination towards grammar
Until you gained in it clear distinction.

7. Had you brought it early, Tibrīz
Would have no Tibrīz to take such pride in.

8. And indeed I shook towards you the palm tree of my talent,
Praising, so its fruit-laden boughs trembled.

9. And I forged your praise in the crucibles of my thoughts,
For in crucibles the finest gold is forged.

10. I composed poetry but not pretentiously,
For it is an ingrained talent I hold dear.

11. I sent to you, of poetry, maidens
From the plumpness of my virgin thoughts, for them prominence.

12. Maidens of virgin ideas sent like brides,
Not crones sent shuffling along.