1. The book has arrived from the generous, distinguished
Learned, perceptive, accomplished patron

2. Lord of missives, means, and bounty
And brother of generosity and freely flowing favor

3. And son of the finest words and deeds
Of refined dignity and noble lignage

4. With it I have been honored by a friend and companion
Better than a lord or dignitary

5. When his epistle and book reached me
I was certain my heart’s sorrows would disperse

6. I took it and opened it and pressed it to my lips
And read it with a welcoming heart

7. And focused my thoughts on the meaning of its words
And found from my beloved the noblest messenger

8. Who came from my delight and solace
A script like clustered pearls on a thread

9. Welcome, welcome, welcome to him
For he is the cure for every hardened affliction

10. The shining sun from the direction of the full moon
A scent from a bouquet surpassing

11. The diffusion of ambergris and carnation
And rhyming couplets arranged

12. In strands by the order's wire, uninterrupted
Take them, for you deserve them, so choose

13. From your virtues the finest place for them
And a thousand greetings repeat to you and a thousand

14. Safeties, endless in duration, unchanging