1. Who is there whose beauty the night embellishes,
Born radiant, the moon envies his features,

2. Perfect in grace, none in his assembly
But their eyes lower before his eyes,

3. His charm adorns the garden before its time,
And lends the Pleiades the light of his face,

4. He frees souls from their bodies,
As if destinies bend to his will,

5. The carefree youth flutter around him,
Lively in his motions and stillness,

6. I gifted him the daughter of the vine when she sang,
Moon of the meadow's joy over its branches,

7. The night is dark and tumultuous with life
Glorious in its visitors and revelry,

8. Lightning in the garb of clouds as if
Anger makes his fists flash,

9. As if the shining moon's glow
Comes from the face of the exalted and his cheeks,

10. Who created his generous self and described him
Goodly, musk scattering in his abodes,

11. My lord, when pilgrims crowd his door,
Welcomes them, munificence in his eyes,

12. I mean the eminent master Abu Al-Baqa’
Whose resolve time cannot change,

13. Fierce, leading glorious enterprises, gentle of speech,
Steel the might of his gentleness,

14. God deposited sovereignty and piety
In his cloak, and man in his clay,

15. Who can measure among mortals his loftiness,
That time and its people are less than him,

16. Time passes but cannot describe him,
Not even poetry excelling in his praise,

17. O architect of the pillars of Suddad,
Lofty as mountains in their standing,

18. You have resolve in adversities, and Suddad
Like a sublime fortress,

19. Of those glories and heights you have
What exhausts eloquence to convey,

20. I surveyed a sea surging with dew
And you seemed to tell the moon to set,

21. So I settled the darkness of his darkness,
And removed from my heart the place of doubts,

22. I swear by the Ancient House and its terrain,
Its stones and walls,

23. The world contained no palace like yours,
No, nor its equal in its splendor,

24. May you remain for people, Lord of the Worlds,
A refuge, stronghold to aid His religion,

25. And I see you in the auspicious lineage like
Harun in his succession and trustee.