1. Abu Hasan, I have not changed in my affection for you all
Even if you have changed in your affection for me

2. Do you forget the one who composes verses for you every night?
The rhyming stars and the successive stars?

3. You made me yearn until when my soul desired
One of you appeared to me as he appeared to me

4. Your bestowing to satiate is guided by Allah's guidance
Otherwise, decisively, the heart moves on

5. In my eyes the work of Kamal is incomplete
Though his views have been witnessed as perfect

6. A young man, Zayd, excelled in morals and creation with openness
With the likes of him, men attained glories

7. Goodwill perfected the goodness of his narration
And he became immersed in goodwill and goodness

8. He says to those who insist he give his money
"Should I spend my days and withhold my money?"

9. We attributed him, and the generous people, to the Most High
So he was candid while the generous were loyal

10. By my life, if his time has become auspicious
It was ill-omened, those past years!

11. No day has passed without yearning for his face
So yesterday's farewell did not turn away

12. Ransomed by people whose stinginess belittled praise
And their highest gifts became like embezzlement

13. They dress in robes but are not content with them
And they are content with threadbare rags