1. Console sorrow for its wishes with consolation
Do not anger Allah in His pleasures

2. You have from your righteousness an advisor, nay, a reminder
That time has passed according to its habits

3. It burdened him with its events and calamities
So be patient with it if he obtained some of its remains

4. It cracked the hearts with what came, assured
That it would not be blamed while you are among its virtues

5. Indeed, the one whose affliction has spread among the people
And the paths of death have branched with his passing

6. They hoped to reunite the dispersed, their assumption failed
How, when you have been made master of gathering its pieces?

7. When he saw that the youth are a burden for the exalted
And weakness appeared in his movements

8. He spared you from it for a respite
And ransomed your life, satisfied with his own

9. Thus he met his day cheerfully
Until we thought death was pleasant after its gentleness

10. And he knew well that you would take his place
After parting, so he did not understand his commandments

11. You have been endowed with the honor he inherited
And protected by the supplications heard from his prayers

12. Indeed, he passed away while kingdoms hoped for his return
So they would appease him and fear his might

13. The lips that were protection for his family wept for him
As well as the refuge of his seeker, his honor and governance

14. The Lord of the Throne spared him, growing his deeds
And destined for him eternity in His Gardens

15. With gentleness, he attained while bidding farewell what he did not get
He softened the harshest kings with his silence and suppressions

16. Until we would think him a prophet sent
And the beauty of manners among his signs

17. So possess what he possessed of hearts, belying
Whoever thought their deaths were with his own passing

18. Why have I, worthless, advised one of vigilance
Who comes with benevolence I did not bring?

19. His money is refused like his belongings
And his prayers discarded like his worship

20. And if he dons fine garments, he ruins their splendor
You would know virtue is not among his tools

21. Time kept foiling his resolves
So he fails them and is generous in his crises

22. The dignitaries of the time become some of his guests
And acts of good are from his nightly devotions

23. The most generous is one who gave a documented hand
Who entrusted kindness with his trusted ones

24. Patience, pride of the kingdom, praise the absence of what
You were empowered with, for patience is among its tools

25. Do not let time know you are shaken
By its deeds, so it dares in its betrayals

26. For you are the glory of the kings of your time, so let
Who said the glory of its judges turn from his words

27. And we knew that the one between you, whom
The exalted do not travel from his chambers

28. My words have come to you consoling
Rather, hoping to overlook its slips

29. A saying came from illness and grief
So accept it, overlooking its defects