1. O Abul Ala, time has welcomed you with
What you love, and life has yielded its treasures to you freely.

2. God has blessed a house you inhabit
And glory has built high mansions with you as builder.

3. My gift to you is a love that, were I
To send it forth, the world and all in it could not bear its weight.

4. The power of time, if I reflect, falls short
Of my soul, and my soul falls short of her desires.

5. So I have sent a meager measure, though gifts
Are measured by the substance of the giver.

6. Look upon it with the eye of approval and grace, not the
Gaze of a foe who seeks in you cause for displeasure.