1. You have all the joy from the core of sincere hearts O supporter
Happy in your honored, victorious endeavors

2. He saw you worthy of glories so He brought them to you
Despite the envy of slanderers laid low

3. You have ennobled them with your merit so they have become
Boasting of you to friends in every session

4. None like it in the garb of knowledge and intelligence
A bride adorned with jewels on her wedding day

5. O unique one of the world, oasis of loyalty
Pearl shining with a bejeweled necklace

6. O eminent one, lofty in the world with skill
Wisdom, glory, towering might

7. Surpassing Iyas and Ibn Hani and all who
Succumb to what the Lord of mankind relates

8. Best of men, excelling all in wisdom
Honesty, gratitude and sound opinion

9. You gave life to Abd al-Hamid in prose
Having refined poetry to a most limpid spring

10. Congratulations for an age with the office
Elevated by you, not for pomp and finery

11. Receive the delighted Bakr al-Fikri
For that, my lord, is the goal of my desire

12. You ascend in rank after rank
Enjoy favor, honor and help against aggressors

13. Still appreciated in your efforts, granted success
To good, victorious over every transgressor

14. Boon companion to this Dauri, drawn near
Far from enemies, destroying enviers' schemes

15. Fate continues relating the annals
Of glory's advancing entourage for Muhammad