1. O mistress of the lofty palace where
People of the present era congregate

2. Whether a genius from Egypt or China
Or one with a gift from the past or present

3. Or a writer or artisan brought by
A longing for the blossoming garden of perfection

4. You have spent your efforts in constant struggle
For the advancement of the stumbling gentle race

5. In every worthy cause you have prepared it
To attain the goals of the Omnipotent Truth

6. The living you have given vision, is it not
Unjust for them to make do with blindness?

7. Can a people rise halfway developed
With half their faculties complete and half deficient?

8. You have given freely from your bounty to one
Gifted in art or poet or composer

9. A gift you have read today, the latest verse
With which you have restored life to a poet

10. You have saved his feeling and meaning, so submit
And accept from me, a grateful admirer