1. If you knew the people of Zabid
And how intensely Zabid longs for you

2. You would have singled it out among all cities
And singled out its people for more grace

3. A land whose dwellers love you, yet I see
No recompense you give equals their worth

4. Hearts are witnesses over hearts
And the heart is the most just judge and witness

5. You who made their hearts your possession
With virtues beyond what is customary

6. You adorned them with your favors and promised them more
Nobler to one who initiates and repeats kindness

7. You were never a benevolent master who preserved
Good deeds except for the best slaves

8. No kingdom was dearer than the kingdom of creation
And their hearts and affection, however affectionate

9. They became enamored with love for you after you saved them
From every apprehension and every threat

10. You saved them from the palm tree affliction which
Nearly turned the head of every newborn gray

11. And losses that devoured its fruits
And exhausted the limited goods

12. After adversity was most intense and they were excessive
In it, in estrangement and exclusion

13. Had it lasted one year, they would have scattered
Throughout every land, however dispersed

14. You came to them while they were entangled in problems
And the grip on every vein was tightened

15. You were but a cloud that did not cheat
It came according to the promised measure

16. So it uncovered them as you uncovered
And counted these palm trees as the best number

17. A number that relieved every heart of its worries
That had spread, and secured every frightened fugitive

18. You made it an excellent provision again as
It was before, by your blessed deed

19. And erased misfortunes that were determined
In the book of misfortune upon the newborn

20. The owner of palm trees knew no comfort
Among the palm trees, from fear and harshness

21. You deprived men of the livelihood you granted
So wear from it every new garment

22. The palm tree is sister of Adam, father of mankind
So honor through it the aunt of every newborn

23. No one will be guided to fulfill its right duty
In God, unless he sees every fortunate one

24. You created it blessed, and your justice returned it
To us as you created it without change

25. It is a justice whose blessings are seen in both worlds
Whenever it flows like water in the stream

26. The king is just, and gentleness in collecting from him
Did not make him tired in pursuit

27. And God is pleased, and the public with him
Extend to you every palm in supplication

28. Tell the advisor what his nature dictated
Of the misguidance in his corrupt opinion

29. Silence your mouth, for if a man fails
To remove dregs with a hard rock

30. High are you, son of Ahmad, to be fooled by advice
That was reformed by your like, oh enemy of generosity

31. The most honorable son of the victorious
Son of the superior of the two greatest in hunting

32. Justice in his fathers, but he
Nurtured fathers for him, possessed of love and friendship

33. He takes care of the people from present torture
And their days are secure in what is guaranteed

34. Never did our Lord's mercy
Descend upon Jonah or the people of Thamud

35. Justice is not easy, O son of Ahmad, so be patient
In it, in repairing and guiding straight

36. And injustice, leave it, for it is strong, and desire
Calls him to weaken driving away every potent one

37. God is the best supporter if you obey Him
And tire yourself, for He is not far

38. So you may reap the fruits of your patience with Him
And live in His extended shade

39. Accomplish matters in your love, and women
Spend evenings asking about you, every increase

40. Vows to your arrival, vows, and the noble
Deemed extravagance seemly to every rightly-guided one

41. They said: the arrival is tomorrow, so they fell prostrate
In thanks, and the day remains a day of prostration

42. If you come, remain the wish
That no dweller in Zabid has ever attained

43. Otherwise, the matter is yours, and hearts are yours
Except the remnants - greatest endurance.