1. Greetings to the one we do not pass by in our minds
So what are our hopes of reaching him

2. And it was not enough for him what we have borne in passion
Of humiliation until the burden of his maternal uncle increased

3. It is commendable that we testified a fire on his cheek
Because we found coal between it

4. My heart allowed passion and it is sorrowful
It is difficult for it the glance of his beauty

5. And every generous person is generous with the money of others
And few are generous people with their own money

6. That which your right hand did not toil for
Comes easy for you to spend with your left

7. I exerted myself composing poetry in old age because of him
And a person's poetry grows old when he is fully grown

8. So it is lost as time is lost and thus
We see everything that has not fit in its proper place

9. If poetry escapes you then seek it, you will find it
Heading west to Lebanon, guided from its misguidance

10. In the presence of the family of Raslan is its beautiful standing
And with the family of Raslan the unpacking of its belongings

11. The rhymes pray every day and night
Upon the face of old Raslan and his family

12. Upon Haydar the noble hero and warrior
And around him from his plains and mountains

13. A glorious father and a generous son like a ring
Whose engraving in his nature came with his example

14. Foremost in doing good of his people
And in serving the sultan most steadfast of his men

15. When needs touched them, both would stand
To them like embers of fire when it blazes

16. And if the hardships of tribulations gathered they would face
The morning whose dawn split the shadow's burrows

17. Every young man has a flaw that mars himself
Except Mulhim, glory to the giver of his perfection

18. And all governors need a judge
Except Mulhim, the judging extended to his maternal uncle

19. The most blossoming springtime of the land throughout his time
The time of springtime in the prime of its moderation

20. Clever advice, were it not for his soul's composure
He would answer a person before his question

21. They say the family of Raslan is infatuated, I said I have
Enjoyed the pure water from its springs

22. I loved the family where its guest finds hospitality
And the stranger forgets the mention of his family

23. I see poetry invites me to compose praise of them
So it allows despite my weakness the verge of improvisation

24. And if I did not say poetry about them in a state of wakefulness
A apparition would come in sleep, the phantom of his imagination