1. We passed by a garden, and the riders halted,
And said, "For whom is this adorned dwelling?"

2. My master, Ibn Sultan of generosity, replied,
The whole world is honored by his mention.

3. I said, "Ask me about all his virtues,"
They all said, "You, without doubt, know him best."

4. They said, "What is the light radiating from him?"
I said to them, "A light - so pluck, if you wish -

5. Its carnation, bending as if it were
Maidens who had sprinkled on them a fluttering.

6. It hangs before the radiant rising moon upon its branches,
And upon its leaves the leaves flutter calling.

7. Shade covers it from every side,
The spring's eye and tears have watered it.

8. If the ambitious knew his superiority,
They would all head towards him and make effort.

9. If the living claimed ownership of him,
The law with truth would appraise.

10. And he threw upon it wondrous eulogies -
Praises from the sea of poetry I drew up.

11. And I follow the path of the ancients' eulogies,
Yet from the remnants of the Ignorance I am raucous."