1. The heart showed patience in the face of the wrongdoer's deeds
What an excellent guarantor of every sufficient matter

2. So carry hardship upon the self hopefully
From the overflowing grace of your Lord

3. Are you not from a people who, when the Exalted was mentioned
Were for Him the noblest of alliances?

4. They built glorious and lofty palaces, these
For the worshipers, and those for the guests

5. Time does not detract from my worth, though
Help for me has become scarce in providing support

6. And even if my wealth is little
I do not fall short of the bounty of my ancestors

7. Time used to be obedient and submissive to them
Yet I see it upright in the act of opposition

8. No days remain for me except those of one who
I strive with good while he is bent on ruining me

9. Or one searing my liver with his bitter reproach
While I shade him with my bounties

10. Or is not one of the most dreadful matters my neglect
Of the assembly of the Master without dissent?

11. I execute the judgments of the Muslims and subdue
The rebellious people with the sword of justice

12. Unveiler of the mysteries of eloquence, one who became
A healer for the people from the disease of ignorance

13. Ocean of sciences, lofty mountain that
Damascus was kept safe by him from tremors

14. No one can convey even a small part of his praise
If my descriptions should be prolix, ample or concise

15. Sun of existence, Abu al-Wufud, accustomed
To generosity, vast of breast and horizons

16. He is the Kaaba of benevolence, now striving
To circuit the Kaaba of his Lord on pilgrimage

17. May Allah - Glorified be His Majesty - reward him
For his nature with kindness from Himself

18. My lord Sha'ban, exalted is his rank
You are the hope for every petitioner seeking wellbeing

19. Excuse a servant who cannot attain even part
Of what is due of your right, fully realized

20. And sees your attributes in the order that have become
Among mankind like pearls in oyster shells

21. Verily speech is unbecoming for one who is fettered
By the shackles of the era's thighs, incompatible

22. Rather, the foliage is more eloquent when you observe
The garden and the flowers being visited

23. And I am one whose tongue, as long as I live
Will remain juicy with all kinds of praise for you

24. May your Lord keep you for the servants, so you remain
Clasping them in the hand of bounty affectionately

25. And through the long ages checking on
Support, prosperity and aid