1. Ismail's virtues, peerless in his time
In Egypt, became, through his praise, Tommy

2. And in the garden of perfect beauty he scorned
What the pillar-like structure contained of its architecture

3. Especially the gleam of sugar that
Removed the sorrow from the body of the sick

4. So I said sincerely, thanking its supremacy
Through your skill perfection attained its purpose

5. And praised him, fame, in this chronicling
The taste of Ismail its years told