1. As though the praise of the noble one aroused it
If its words were distinguished by meanings

2. A judge whose merit in judgment is so great
That both opponents accept the wisdom of his rule

3. Moving through the kingdom among ranks
Arranged first and next in order

4. It drew him from a coat of religious law
And Destiny's hand placed him in the Diwan's office

5. And that is the Caliphate whose bond was made firm
By God's hand, for him the structure of rhetoric

6. If the palm of virtues did not restrain him
The clouds of kindness would not rain

7. These stars, though the lowest of his words
Are strung in it in order like pearls

8. With fingers that flow and are connected, so he claimed
Their twisting is like tendrils in the garden

9. It rises beyond the reach of a pen, like the likeness of its traits
So it swaggered between recognition and mystic knowledge

10. A pen that trims the nail of every fault-finder
And restrains the fang of calamitous events

11. Glory that repeats each first matter of pride
Like the repetition of In the Name of God in the Quran

12. And a lofty rank which, if its glory were sought
No foot would stand firm as the pillars did

13. And noble deeds whose rights were usurped
Wer not coined by Hassān among the Ghassān

14. And if Bilāl had drawn a trial from them
His praises would be exhausted at Ghailān

15. So congratulate an era whose like
Returns to you whatever you wish of me and protection

16. And know that the permanence of your gratitude is eternal
Until the people stand before the Merciful

17. And you see the departed and the departing
Grazing at the meadows of Saʿdān and Siʿdān