1. Your letter heralding your arrival brought me joy
When I was sick with longing, it made me well

2. It changed my sadness into happy times
May it last, bringing us fortune in the best of lands

3. And delight in the sincerity of your promised arrival
By which sorrows disappear when we are close

4. And we attain what we desire despite the envious
Whose life was spent in sheer deceit and confusion

5. So the raven of separation has flown into the flames
To burn there with its kind in fires

6. And soon, God willing, we shall meet
And forgive those who have wronged us

7. And pardon the days that came in repentance
And reconciled after estrangement, drawing me near

8. There your letters make up for the succession of messages
A reunion that brings to life bonds of friendship

9. And at every gathering we fill God’s land
With righteousness and justice, striving and dedication

10. And the son and fathers of our faith bear witness
To the superiority of our views in every judgment

11. And Jackonian yields to the truth of progress
To impartial ruling among us with conclusive proof

12. And Luturno is dazzled by our virtues
Which enthralled Marounia and all Prussians

13. And that Englishman is silent, emulating
Us in defending the wronged from the criminal

14. Abbaad and Barinki praise
Our regulations surpassing in perfection

15. If this happens our joy increases
With justice for Sunni, Hebrew and Nazarene

16. Otherwise, I thank the care
Of my fate for family and neighbors

17. And it begins in propitious efforts for people
With my glory which has become humbly loyal

18. And then the sultan of knowledge, Abul Alaa
Offers sincere greetings and sweet words

19. And Butrus longs to see you, his affection for us
Increasing over long years

20. And a sincere friend of the sea, always devoted to you
While you know best what is secret and public

21. As for Farhat, do not ask me, for he
Met his doom on an unlucky and mournful day

22. And went to a Merciful Lord who rewards
His appreciated deed with the Garden of Bliss

23. As for the blossoms, their shoots
Were swept away where the water overflowed violently

24. And drowned them when they boasted of their flowers
Above all others in every garden and orchard

25. And there they are after pride and prosperity
Appearing to beholders like whales’ ponds

26. And as for Khijadour, he died and was saturated
And is now veiled from this transient world

27. And I hope the efforts of recovery
Will swiftly lead the Sasanian lineage to the Lord of Purity

28. By God, tell me brother how is he
For the illness of Ali has truly saddened me

29. And convey my greetings to all the loved ones
And greet the elderly scholar, Ghreian

30. And my son, though far away, his letters
Have continued thanking you

31. And he kisses the hand of your noble replacement
Who considers himself like a second father in Egypt

32. And some of the loved ones told me they saw
Your noble son at the house of Suhban

33. And soon I will visit him
And ask about the news of Bian and Nisan

34. And convey on his behalf prose verses he scattered
With which my glory belittles the necklaces of monkeys

35. Peace from God perfumes you with sincerity
And the breath of spirit and sweet basil

36. And it conveys what is hoped for under a state
Whose noble deeds have overflowed upon all people