1. One whose longing arose in grief,
whose lover's tears fell,

2. one whose beloved's glances revived him when estranged,
my soul is stirred by his tread, like a wandering gazelle,

3. if he stirs his lips with a word,
our bodies swoon at his motions.

4. I'm his victim of passion and ecstasy,
and the companion of passion - his life cannot be hoped for.

5. Wondrous is he who denies the slain,
while my witnesses against him are his spear-thrusts.

6. I'm drunk with love like him, but
his intoxications do him no harm.

7. I'm delighted by him, but he was bent
in youth by the flexing of his figure.

8. His glances kill the lovers if he unsheathes
a sword from their lives for a moment.

9. A beloved who increases my love when he spurns me
after nearness with affection then estrangement.

10. My death is his abandonment and turning away,
and my life is in his intimacy after turning toward me.

11. How sweet is meeting him after being apart,
were it not for his enviers and slanderers.

12. My heart is weakened with love for him had it not been for his love
that gave me the wine of passion to drink.

13. Perhaps one day I'll be successful in meeting him
and his melodies will revive my joyousness,

14. by a miser I sent my tears toward his rainclouds
and his meadows were watered.

15. As if the Imam Sultan bestowed generosity,
for generosity is his nature.

16. Comfort, dew, favor, kindness, glory and loftiness
are his habits.

17. The heart finds rest with him though empty
of wealth, family, and oases.

18. He is the lord of dew, lord of generous hands,
feared by the deer for his raids.

19. A just imam who is unjust with wealth,
generously, as if it were his disobedience.

20. A governor good in rule, spending freely -
obedience to God among people is his obedience.

21. Pleased, whose pleasure is God’s pleasure,
and devout, whose deeds are desired.

22. A sovereign whose sovereigns are servants,
generous, the meadows are his open hands.

23. Valiant, who wades into the sea of death,
his firmness not weakened by its waves.

24. Stalwart, who withstands souls with power,
in a dark battle whose raids are blackened.

25. Stout of heart, who has no peer,
his famous generosity widely known.

26. He leads the nomads, enslaves the settled,
his grace and affection hoped for.

27. His concern is the rule of kingdoms -
his struggle, fasting, and prayers.

28. His state is one whether prosperous or wretched,
his states are equal in both.

29. For glory he is an asset, and for the heights
his aims in the land are endless.

30. To him belong grandeur, kingdom, and praise -
flags exalted and renowned.

31. Descriptors fall short describing him,
his attributes too majestic for them.

32. Through him our age was adorned and by his
law, his words about our religion clarified.

33. The times grew straight after crookedness
and its nights were illuminated by his justice.

34. The pillar of the deceitful collapsed,
their courts emptied and abandoned.

35. Justice prevailed in the regions
through his judgments, and his governors were set right.

36. Passion faded, and its people censured ignorance
and injustice, and its term expired.

37. Whoever supports him is always laden
with good deeds on his balance.

38. Whoever disobeys the imams in religion
grave are his stumbles.

39. Whoever breaks from them is misguided,
his life and death equal.

40. His nearness enriched me with his generosity,
and dispelled my heart's doubts - without his justice

41. doubts would not have been dispelled.
My heart desires none but praising him

42. and praising him is its passion.
O Imam of the people, Sultan of the sword,

43. through you our time was adorned and its moments made virtuous.
You are the best imam for us, for

44. the times were defiant with troubles.
So decide in life what you will, for

45. life is a submissive slave whose steps are controlled.
O finest of the noble, blessed is the age

46. for you are its masters today in the world.
For you are the imams of justice in religion,

47. its shelter and guardians.
For you are its cavaliers and governors,

48. its stalwarts and guardians.
O nobles of mankind, an age grew mighty

49. when you reformed it, for you are its nobles.
O suns of time, were it not for you,

50. time would be stripped of light and its splendor darkened.
For our religion was made straight,

51. and its fruits ripened for us.
May God eternalize your kingdom and be pleased with you

52. in an age adorned by your groups.
Our age fears you - if you abandoned it,

53. none of its hours would flow.
How can time disobey you while you are

54. its party, even its champions and guardians?
Command it, for it obeys you in all

55. you order - none of its moments disobey.
Shall I blame time when justice

56. reigns among us and you are its confidants?
Time is in your hands, as are its people,

57. as are its life and death.
Advance in peace to the highest degree,

58. for the Highest degree belongs to you.
The earth and time are adorned with you, and

59. knowledge - its scattered parts collected through you.
its breaths exuded musk,

60. In lines as if hidden pearls,
adorned by its components.

61. With folds telling of the folds of a beloved,
nay, depicted by its sips.

62. It is sweeter than rest for the loyal,
and for foes, its heat suffices you.

63. It surpassed all poetry, and people busied
themselves with interpreting it, while its narrations wandered.

64. Truly, composing poetry is little,
many are its narrations and links.