1. My eloquent poetry is constrained by what it can encompass
In describing your essence, so I have come to ask

2. He who has granted me abundant blessings
The vastness of a dream's hospitality envelops my shortcoming

3. O proud of merit beyond effort and lineage
And doer of good in secret and openly

4. Who spreads wellbeing to the desolate and has concealed
His loftiness as the days and time pass it by

5. From Darim where there is prosperity though if you draw near
Counted are those who match its description in Yemen

6. Al-Jarir boasted of prosperity but his claim
Was not established in words were it not for the vilification of tongues

7. And the truth and wise men bear witness
To Al-Farazdaq's words among nomads and cities

8. So his argument was supported by the minister
When the like of him in the ages of time did not exist

9. Is there among them one whose kingdom the lands
Kiss from the talk of people and splendor?

10. Or among them one whose banner of praise
And council of peace for canon and tradition?

11. Never! The sons of Hanzala have won them
And the Al-Maliks without loss or despair

12. Of bright face created with generosity
His nobility aims towards the lovely branch

13. His love on the day of his gathering
Is directed to the maidens of a sea or a bosom's embrace

14. None but the honor of faith deserves praise when
The companion is sweetened by mention of the benevolent beauty

15. A chest, if my eyes keep vigil in praise of it
Slumber for them is sweeter than gum resin.