1. Time has expanded, yet its breadth cannot contain you,
Though people of remembrance are less than you, and time itself.

2. Delay the eulogy, that I may say he is as though
And exalt him beyond what poetry can encompass.

3. They said the full moon borrows its light from the sun,
Had they but known, they would have said he is both sun and moon.

4. Had they gauged his outpouring by the sea,
They would not have disputed that the sea depends on him.

5. Had a shower witnessed the incline of his right hand
When he is generous, it would not praise itself as rain.

6. Had he strategized in war,
The onslaught of white blades and spears would have been in vain.

7. When I tested mankind and recognized its elite,
I found none but you rise above the rest.

8. I see every land where you are not
To be darkness without dawn.

9. Had your letter not relieved my heart's gloom,
Worry would have dominated my thoughts.

10. Yet I am one who sees you in a state
Too lofty for praise, thanks or gratitude.