1. This is a book by Amir Saadi
That narrates the finest traditions

2. And evokes memories of times past
That were unforgettable and renewed reunions

3. Days when fate was unconcerned with us
With hearts joyful and in celebration

4. Watered with pouring tears
Where time brought all desires

5. Where gardens were crowned
With gems among accustomed blossoms

6. Where nightingales sang ecstatically
On their branches, articulating melodies

7. Where the one who enchanted minds with his eyelids
Told of branches swaying with his supple shape

8. His moist lips were like eloquent words
An ambush to capture reason through cunning

9. Beauty imprinted pearls on his mouth
Dotting his glance with the letter 'sad'

10. A gazelle, though in the heart a cunning hunter
Whose eyes were never darkened with kohl

11. He hunted the black lion with a glance
A gazelle, hunter of lions, imagine that!

12. I forget him only by mentioning the virtues
Of the noble, generous, heroic lineage

13. Source of nobility, rising to the heavens
Beyond enumeration and counting

14. Taking perfection and pride as gains
Rising above fathers and forefathers

15. With him the Pleiades gained pride
And his glory rose high over Baghdad

16. With eloquence unmatched by fault
Not even foreigners, nor Kurds

17. With him are clouds resembling orators
Leaving eloquent speakers fettered by 'dad'

18. The life of the perfect and dignified one
Exalted over all peers

19. From a house built on generosity
With springs flowing to those who wish

20. Yearning for a past time in his abode
Empty of discord and malice

21. Days of youth in its prime
With abundant joy and bliss

22. There came to me from him a refreshing book
Reviving souls without promised time

23. Its deep meanings graced by eloquent words
Granting its composer long life

24. May he remain forever exalted
Enjoying family and children

25. His words will forever comfort my hearing
Restoring life to bodies

26. As soon as he intended heading to Hejaz
I found Iraq and the fragrance of musk spread