1. O Ali, the sublime, son of Qassim the divider
Among my seekers of bounty, grant them your bounty

2. And son of Marmarah, who strikes glory
With him or the like of him as examples

3. And the one whom manliness and goodness
Became allies, and rights became his children

4. And the one whose giving was without meanness
And whose nobility was without pretentiousness

5. And the one who did not inherit the fruits
Of noble efforts and loftiness without weariness

6. And the one who fears extended hopes in him
Yet does not fear the courses of his demands

7. And the one whom every wise guide
Still seeks as an example in good counsel

8. What do you see in the making of a grateful free man
Whom hope has made your possession, your wealth?

9. Time has led him to you, and the deeds
Of your hand have guided him, O doer of great deeds

10. And on his back is a weight of debt
Which it is hoped you will unload, without fail

11. And believing in hope obligates truly
For the one whom God has refined in traits

12. And with me in that are affection and thanks
Sincerely, utterly, and in speech

13. And my witness to your hope is that I have not
Begged, and I have avoided prolonging

14. And when the asker comes to the asked
It is right that he not lengthen his rope

15. And your morals suffice me for intercession
O you who are near, easy to attain

16. So admit me into the times, for you have not
Ceased to be generous in admission

17. And save me from an envier saying "he missed"
Or saying "he was more deserving of it" than me

18. For you are the one whom when hopes equip
His hopes are counted as his riches

19. And the one who buys praise and then values it
When the carpenter does not hasten to lower his price

20. For you from me are all spontaneity in thanks
For events, lasting high evaluation

21. And seldom opposition, you can amend, if you wish
As a companion, and be content with the agency

22. If you keep his company, amiability is from him
Or if you entrust him, gravity comes from him

23. Independent, whenever you tasked him
With the burden of an era, you did not blame his independence

24. In him are things no protector would allow
To rebuke him for the sin of boredom

25. So test him in both conditions entirely
You will find seriousness with him and invalidation

26. And detain him, for O chief
If you extend his innocence, you extend his detention

27. And praising myself is hard for me
Except that I made it clear to point it out

28. And that is a fault which nearly causes
Every free man who wants to show his family to fall into it

29. And my seeking out faults diligently for your sake
Is a right, if you do not want to invalidate it

30. O lover of beauty, nothing beautiful is
With a beauty unless it shows you its beauty

31. And when a man does not display what is in him
A guide passes him by in ignorance of him