1. If your meeting me happens to elude my eyes,
My tongue will falter in greeting and peace.

2. My life will become wretched with misery,
My radiant dawn be night and gloominess.

3. No home moved without the knight of Khindif,
Who blessed it wherever he settled down.

4. To the oppressed he's wealth from his riches,
To the frightened fugitive, refuge and guard.

5. When resolve is stirred he is tumultuous,
In patience with him are fading and allure.

6. Generous with the dew he brooks no bargaining,
Nor does his speech good deeds ever confine.

7. No favor follows his ample generosity,
If with sparse kindness commoners he obliges.

8. No days violate his solemn covenant,
If a loyal friend is betrayed and protection violated.

9. His passion bears no frivolity for merits
When fervor expires and purpose is realized.

10. Peerless glorious fame none can match it,
But under oppression it's a roaring lion.

11. Minister who space flees his land's climate,
As if Khindifi's edifices were clouds.

12. Abu Ja'far, the caliphate's scion but still
The abode of glory and loftiness as a lad.

13. Caring little for worldly things, remote from youth,
To protect those whom his defense made tranquil sleepers.