1. Who can be fairer than the Just Judge of the Book,
The sun of knowledge, the moon of literature.

2. He has excelled in describing words,
And attained glory never before attained.

3. Can the laggard ever catch up with the frontrunner?
Or can the latecomer equal the excused?

4. He continues to turn away from any purpose,
And incite me with what he issues.

5. Sometimes he employs a coquettish style,
With innovations that encompass all attributes.

6. And other times he means by "green parrot"
An argument for my superiority.

7. He circles around a known theme
And a purpose that is clear in his poetry,

8. Until the spittle of clarity has appeared
And the figurative yielded to the literal.

9. It is established that his purpose with "parrot"
Is all that he used to previously mention.

10. He left no room for anyone to say
Anything else or for any other notion.

11. He gifted it the finest of all attributes,
And crafted for it the most beautiful adornments.

12. He adorned it with grey, green, and red feathers,
And green enamel and carnelian.

13. It is adorned with ankle bracelets of emerald
And earrings like chrysolite pendants.

14. It has a handsome beak, as if it was carved
From coral, made graceful and proportioned.

15. Its solitary confinement has made it
The most eloquent of earthly creatures.

16. It is distinguished among birds by speech
Above all creatures except humankind.

17. It relates what it hears without lies
Or changing earnestness into jest.

18. Its nourishment is the finest, most luxurious food.
It drinks no water and fears no headache.

19. It has a passion that makes it think
Only rice, not jewels, is true treasure.

20. It seems as if each grain in its beak
Is a pearl floating in its goblet.

21. Its great ferocity has lodged it
In an iron cage.

22. It is like a cheek beneath green garb
Lodged in a shabby, unadorned cage.

23. The Prophet described it beyond what's conceivable,
With attributes no other creature possesses.

24. Had I no title, I'd not abbreviate,
But I feared it might be said "the victor."

25. It is described according to its merit,
By the skill of my father Isaac.

26. He ennobled it and increased its nobility
With a decree he crafted in its description.

27. How can I repay with choice praise
One who directed praise to my name and title?