1. Your protector is Allah, who has always been
A guardian warding harm from you and defending

2. I was gladdened that consequences horrified
Your enemies with courageous resolve and brave audacity

3. Those two were wicked, outwardly and secretly
Hostile and deaf to your views and listening

4. They established corruption and misguidance as companions
And perished as duped wanderers in confusion and loss

5. Though at times commanded to be righteous, they disobeyed
And how many righteous commanders go disobeyed!

6. Tell the Imam al-Mu'tasim, whose inheritance
Is the legacy of Qusayy in glory and range

7. Support Ibn Yazdad, so affairs improve, for he
Is a caretaker who excellently shepherds and attends

8. Trustworthiness of chest, shouldering competence
Strength of resolve, and breadth of capability

9. You have revived sound judgment, not compromised
And have embraced righteousness, not neglected