1. Between the strikes of swords and stabs of chests
The generous descend around the pond

2. And upon the threshold of the foremost
From the debris of glory the scent of palaces is built

3. For merit is through generosity and staying
Steadfast, and wisdom in the turmoil of affairs

4. Just as Hammad prevailed in the lands with praise
Like the praise of the hoped for and grateful

5. A gentle man from an ancient honored lineage
Inherited the traits of the worthy

6. They titled him the Little, and he is Ali
When they saw him below the elder Imam

7. A party who perfects the heights and grants
And the cavalry for them and the slaughter of beasts

8. For the throne of heights are men, else
The seated would narrow the throne’s breadth

9. You are among them and above them, O gentle
One, in the utmost perfection of the elite

10. It suffices alongside that glory which has in
creased like the verses of poetry in arrangement

11. Eulogy falls short describing you, so what can
Be portrayed except by the symbol of the pointer

12. Above the people of poetry in knowledge, so whoever
Pleases you among them, he is above Jarir

13. For long my rhymes in poetry form antiphony
With the possessor of prose

14. A poet who creates meanings and is pleased
With the eloquent phrases of the renowned

15. Do not blame me if I was brief, for I have
Exerted myself to you with resolute determination

16. A momentous standstill and a blazing sword
And both sides calling for palaces