1. Peace upon you, O father of eminent generosity
For you are peace for all the fearful

2. Have you not seen them abstain from any purpose but you
As if they fasted from any provision but you

3. You are their abundant rain when their rain is scarce
And you are their cloud when the clouds pour

4. You are their guide when their struggle intensifies
And without you they would wander in the valleys of loss

5. When they stay up at night fearing an intruder, you stand in his way
So they find refuge and sleep like a child

6. Through you the sublime kingdom and its rule are organized
Without you, no system would be imposed on it

7. Your views illuminate the pure white of his speeches
Because you are light and calamities are darkness

8. And if a grave matter gets out of hand you subdue it
For you restrain any rampant issue

9. So every leader, you are the confidant of his secret
And for him, in events you are the leader

10. The excellent ones raced ahead, winning every generosity
For you are ahead of all the outpacing

11. You ascended, but who can compete with you in ascension?
And can the position of the full moon be envied?

12. The people of the land praised you and turned away from others
So if one strays, repeal what is blamed on him

13. Insightful but overtaken at times by blindness
Yearning, but afflicted at times by cold

14. What can the critic achieve, however intensely he tries,
To diminish the perfect full moons?

15. Some people crowded to attain their status
But the declining sun and fading stars fell short

16. They knew the truth yet ignored it
And they saw the dawn sun then pretended to be blind

17. So their lightning among people has become an ember
And their cloud among worshipers is lost

18. They adorned themselves with the jewelry of singing girls, so if
A screaming herald exposed them, they dropped the curtains and slept

19. And if dynasties lasted, they would be like others,
Subjects, but alas, they do not last

20. And how can glory elude him whose palm is
Food, while his honorable nature is a sword?

21. The breeze of his generosity blows from his palm
And from his resolve comes a hot wind for oath-breakers

22. When the black regiments advance and move forth
And darkness covers the white faces

23. He embraces the parted with compassion
And refuses to embrace the whites, though they beckon

24. Your tenderness, O son of ash-dust, is for those who come
While for the army of oath-breakers you have arrows

25. Your father who adorned the house, Bugheer
And your uncle Kelhan, and your grandfather Saam

26. You trace your lineage to Tubba and descend from Hood
Upon them many prayers and peace

27. They are a precious coin for one needing provision from God
With it is no darkness overcoming gloom

28. When one glorious one among you passes away, another stands
Ahead of the decisive and protective swords

29. The world has agreed with you and smoothed itself
So as long as you are in it, it will not be constricted

30. Many a country whose people attempted to travel
But when they saw you, they stayed

31. Neither would Basra the fragrant be a dwelling without you
Nor would the abode of peace be peaceful without you

32. You came, so O best of creation, best arrival
With whom falsehood is exposed and justice is served

33. You came, so welcome, hello, greetings
With an aura of glory no clouds overcast

34. Through you this land became a land
Through you this house became a home and this stay became a stay

35. For you is the sublime honor and the aspiration
Which time is slave to and eras are boy to

36. Zawraa will never lack you for ages upon ages
It is as though it floats in the sea of your generosity

37. The moons of your glory do not cease rising
To the sphere of spheres, reaching perfect fullness

38. The birds of bliss do not stop circulating around you
Peace upon you, O father of eminent generosity