1. Are you listening to one who called out to you
Yearning passionately to reach you?

2. O Yusuf son of Muhammad, the plea of a man
Whose passion moved his tongue to call you

3. The righteous are never devoid of well-being wherever they go
Your hand provides aid and your face brings joy

4. Since competing with the foremost, you have always
Striving for greatness until you reached your father

5. So you followed his excess and clinging
By striving, neither falling behind nor giving up

6. They kept you from the frontier wars as far as
They knew you, O son of Muhammad, to be unique

7. Your feet trod dangerous precipices
Guided by piety, your feet treaded securely

8. Behind you, Islam’s might is protected
When you make unbelief your foremost adversary

9. And Rome knows your sword has never ceased
To be the death and destruction of its kings

10. Had you embraced them in your hands, they would have met
From beyond the waves of the Gulf, your hands

11. The envious will never seize your glory by wishes
God granted you what He granted you

12. Peace sends its greeting and grace to you
Bestowing tranquility into the hearts of your friends

13. And the clouds strode to the frontiers on their mounts
Until pitching their height, they quenched your thirst

14. A land that wanders into the clouds when
Your outcries meet in its chambers and calls

15. The Tigris did not see a thirst from me though
I dwelt by it, leaving that for that

16. So when will I head west toward you, yearning
To the west of dew, to see abundance and you?

17. Do not ask me about the frustration of my quest
And the eclipse of my hopes – may I be sacrificed for you

18. For I have sought provision after you in poverty
And praised after parting from you, the unfaithful