1. O source of virtues and traditions
Descend with them to dispel sorrows

2. And gain insight from its lights
For its air heals the sick

3. And ask the journeyer about his Lord
The bygone days, and ask the settled one

4. I studied an era I will not see
Except ruins with it lying down

5. My era with it is lovely houries
Resembling scattered blossoms

6. It prevents every part of the body
Lest sorrows befall it

7. Was the era of the slanderers
An old era with the most virtuous

8. They left the heart of the upright
To their home, an upright heart

9. They exposed their chests, so
Sulayman's rope became frail

10. They came to my estrangement, yet
Did not preserve their old talk

11. Their love was great, so the torment of their separation was tremendous
I concealed their secret, and will I find a discreet brother?

12. I lost my patience after them
So my heart became devoid of them

13. And their breeze blew
Restoring the sorrows to my heart

14. A word for them I have abandoned
Due to their betrayal, my heart is forbearing

15. They said: "Be upright always", but will
Separation remain upright?

16. Blame the loving one, even if he knows
There is no blame in the sand dunes

17. You are the one to blame
And you have become the forebearing one

18. Stop blaming me, and be reasonable
If you are of sound mind

19. And recall the virtues of one who became
Submitting to him brings good fortunes

20. I mean the Imam of the Arabs
The transforming king, the upright one

21. The brave Sultan bin Saif
The just, the wise, the prudent

22. His virtues have spread, so he
Granted the creation a general favor

23. May the Guardian have mercy on his soul
Since with us he has become merciful

24. And his talents have been completed, so
His assistance came to him in throngs

25. He who brought back after crookedness
The straight branch of our nation

26. And today he made our night,
With his guidance, lasting light

27. May his kingdoms last, so I have
No claim but that they endure

28. He brought wellbeing to creation, and was not
Seen in creation as deficient

29. And through the benefit of his hands, we almost
See no wretched person

30. If he settles in a land,
Breezes of prosperity blow in it

31. My praise of him is a duty, and I
Do not fear to become wicked by it

32. And if I praise anyone else
I become an unjust lad

33. So by praising him I hope for salvation
And will not be blamed for it

34. They said: "You have learned," so I said: "Teach me,
Through his wisdom, knowledge."

35. And I understood every detail
From him, so became wise through it

36. I mastered my poetry about him until
I became through him a prudent lad

37. O son of the foremost Arabs
Who ruled the world long ago

38. You have appointed the people with talents
That seem inherent to their core

39. And you have provided the people
Of the lands and cities general favor

40. And your supreme virtues have reached high
So time became handsome through them

41. You pardoned the foolish people
When you subjugated the rational minds

42. You have a fierce, angry sword
With which you strike skulls and bodies

43. It is like lightning that illuminated
Never sleeping nor slumbering

44. O House of Arabs, I have lived
Thanks to your justice, a secure life

45. Neither lived as your opponent,
Nor saddened him my poetry's sorrows

46. I am under your protection, so
Hardships cannot trouble me

47. And your flowing bounty resides
Lest my worries stand up

48. Stop the calamities of fate from me
If I remain patient, wretched

49. I have attained from my love of you
And my devotion great success

50. So people are under your hands
And time has become your servant