1. O son of the minister whose ministry is complete
Do not gather upon me disgrace and fire

2. If I have done well in describing your virtues
Then bless me with good deeds in return

3. Or if I have said what I do not deserve from you
Of reward, then take it back and undo it

4. Verily, praise, when it goes alone
Clothes the one who said it in shame

5. God knows that I do not flatter you
In my praise of you and overdoing

6. An eloquent one may be deluded by his eloquence
And one may assume other than the chosen, chosen

7. So your pardon of one who errs unintentionally
Would make God your protector against his anger

8. I see your forgiveness of me and your veiling
Of my shortcomings as greater than reward

9. Preserve my nature as you have preserved your bounty
From me, otherwise be an impartial judge

10. Who has permitted you to violate my nature
And extend curtains over good deeds?

11. Nonsense poetry wherein lies the disgrace of begging
Both clothe the discreet in nakedness

12. Return to me a faulty couplet that escaped my chest
And found no supporters when oppressed

13. You deemed it small so were excessive, yet it deserves
Had God completed what was made small by belittlement

14. Return to me an ugly thing, beautiful in your eyes
I see what you have scorned as grand