1. May Allah protect you, O Abu Al-Hasan
As a savior from the tyranny of tribulations

2. With your virtues that brought you honor
You have become self-sufficient, without need for praise

3. Your father attained every glory
And you follow in his footsteps

4. O son of a Caliph, O finest of youth
Whose equal in this age does not exist

5. I am tested by the passage of time
As is the way for free men, the mine of trials

6. And the messenger has come telling me
That you seek the script without reproach from me

7. But matters impede me, so if you are just
Be patient - the time is not yet ripe

8. With paper that shines white
Ink as black as coal upon it

9. And each day I say I will fulfill it
But the turns of fate preoccupy me

10. So accept the excuses of a weary servant
Praising you in secret and openly

11. And judge as you see fit, for if
You are pleased, it is pleasure to the age