1. With the sweet disposition of Nizar
Surpassing the efforts of an uncle and maternal uncle

2. If you meet him, you meet a rose
To the thirst of a lively gazelle

3. The guest can take from him in the drinking-places
If he seeks the lawful livelihood

4. The most generous of them when they lodge for the night
And the most feeding of them when misfortune strikes

5. And the highest of them when they pitch tents
And the most preventing of them when matters become grave

6. As if his forehead is a Yemeni sword
Its blade honed to a polish

7. He surpasses the shaking storm in resolve
And before his helplessness stand mountains

8. A smiling face if the meadows weep
On a day of calamity, red in misery

9. A minister far above arrogance and evil
When the ministers suppose him glorious

10. His humility did not diminish his glory
But the conveyor of complete glory

11. And how much worth increases with decline
The rainclouds its most truthful tattoo

12. If his correspondence is sweetened for grave tidings
Of prolonged misfortunes pierced long spears

13. Its lines will be peace and war
If pacts or alliances are penned

14. If the opinion of Al-Lam’i strays
He hits the mark in opinion extemporaneously

15. Long live Ja’far you attained the heights
And left no room for its seekers

16. And saw the times with the eye of truth
And hoarded nothing but kindness

17. And your knowledge that the kingdom of earth is fleeting
Except good deeds do not avail a span

18. He restored you a refuge from every misfortune
And you were consolation to every distraught

19. So every new year that dawns
Your existence does not wane a crescent moon