1. According to the architecture and construction as an honor
Through you, O Hussein, you have always remained noble

2. Ask the architect, has anyone but you adorned
His position and made it more refined?

3. O treasure of knowledge, you should know
That with your understanding, you have become sublime and genteel

4. The times looked upon you with care
And through you the minister's heart became kind

5. When he sought refuge in your justice
You aided him, wherever you were, graciously

6. High offices have yearned for your love, O prince
You have honored them with noble knowledge

7. None but you leads the arts in our land
Since you were created virtuous and chaste

8. O son of generosity and rule, indeed I
Have always been enamored with thanking your kindness

9. You have raised the buildings to their glory
When you elegized them and became their ally

10. How much loftiness and beauty it attained
And excellent workmanship, now well-described

11. You mixed its beauty with your kindness and wisdom
So it shone, and its value became well-known

12. You vowed to it loyalty after neglect
And warded off its difficulties with faithfulness

13. No harm came to it before except its falling
Into the grip of a slave who came to it fervently

14. He ate the little with the much and did not fear
Among the people his ignorance being exposed

15. He mounted problems with sins and was not
Accustomed in his mind to corruption

16. Through you, dear one, he sought shade for himself
So you forgave with generosity and he felt no fear

17. As for your loyalty to him, it was generosity
From good stock that does not cease to be refined

18. I constructed my verses in praising you and applauding
So accept with your forbearance and avoid imposition

19. Oh its joy if it attains your satisfaction from you
For through it my principles endure and I fear no thousands