1. O Abu al-Hussein, your unmatched morals have returned
Helpers are few, if fate would bring good fortune

2. I complained to you of a time that returned tyrannical
With commotions, and an age that was all tears

3. Time holds no goodness for man, it only destroys
I took precautions against it, and the evil of vipers

4. Years have passed over us, truly unjust
Meteors that leave nothing behind, neither plant nor seed

5. Yesterday you were wont to extend a hand to us
Like clouds with pearls in outstretched hands

6. To a place where we complain neither of care nor sorrow
Cares and sorrows you dispelled for us entirely

7. O you who clothed me in your overflowing blessings
If wrong appeared, wrong can be forgiven

8. I gathered scattered chicks, parched gullets
No water or trees, at the bottom of dark gloom

9. Of which no news had been raised, you would have mourned
Had you but known, or made inquiries

10. I cannot draw them away, so leave them be
Better for me to show acceptance and patience

11. So send your rain clouds to revive us
And make rain fall, clouds cannot

12. And deliver Abu Hashim to religion's guiding sun
That outshines the stars when the moon appears