1. Oh you who I hope for, call out
With your love, wherever you may be

2. Whoever plants hope in a free heart
Will reap the fruits of salvation, however scarce the harvest

3. And whoever has good manners, ask him for
A beautiful creation, for he is truest in affection

4. And talk of the loyalty of a sincere friend
Whose love in the heart is apparent

5. And there is a brother who may be distracted from you one day
Yet his affection is eternal affection

6. The people of refinement are all brothers
And companions across different lands

7. Heirs of an element, each fed
By the breasts of sublime knowledge without moderation

8. And the manners of the youth will raise him one day
To high ranks after low ones

9. And my manners elevate me among the noble
Over my dishevelment, and grant me my purpose

10. And why would I not guide them as evidence
When they have guided the path of righteousness

11. To the paths of pride my resolve leads me
And in its field is my will to comply

12. My determination is lively in pursuing glory
My bones are noble in reconstruction

13. I have no lineage except the ascription
Of knowledge, to the best settlements and lands

14. I am Husseini in origin, Qasimi
In Tihtah is my tribe and there my rest

15. The Arabic language attributes carpentry to me
And brings me close to the bending of the pegs

16. And it suffices me that I have produced books
That will eliminate battalions on the day of battle

17. From which the fountain of mysticism flows
And how many leaves have been dried by the ink

18. My translations, equal to the number of recurrences
Are enough in the techniques of peace or war

19. And the proofreaders testify, and they are just
And the publishers acknowledge without transgression

20. And the drawers of the drafts of my lesson
Have suggested quenching the thirst of every wanderer

21. The tongue of Paris shone like a sun
In Cairo under my rule of the servants

22. And the reviver of Egypt revived what was my destiny
And rewarded me according to my effort

23. I will thank his grace as long as I live
And my gratitude to those hands

24. He maintained the covenant of the days of Egypt
And sprinkled its expanse towards the worshippers

25. I traveled with the deal of the cheated one from it
And my superiority over others is in the auction

26. And the Sudan was never an abode like me
Nor in it my safety or happiness

27. In it the winds of poisons blow
The groan of intense heat that no valley can extinguish

28. Its storms morning or evening
Are always in turmoil and acceleration

29. And half of the people are mostly beasts
And some of the people most resemble inanimates

30. So do not wonder if they cooked a mixture
Of bone marrow with the strainings of ashes

31. And the smearing of fat on a body and hair
Like the camel’s grease from the itching of lice

32. And the husband is beaten with whips until
It is said, “Steadfast brother under scourging”

33. And the husband mounts what belongs to his wife periodically
And this blockage becomes difficult to penetrate

34. And coercing the girl to prostitution
With prohibition, they accepted in unanimity

35. Its consequence is the newborn, who is expensive
For whom desires are always accumulating

36. They have a lust to teach the female slaves
On a desire, pulling the curtains of dissoluteness

37. And explaining the situation saddens my chest
And my notebook cannot enumerate it or my ink

38. And speaking properly—the virtuous are few
And the evil of people is proliferating like locusts

39. And were it not for the whites among the Arabs, they would be
Darkness within darkness within darkness

40. And it suffices me, their harm to half of my companions
As if my function is wearing mourning clothes

41. And I have left small children
In Tihtah without my return or habit

42. I think of them secretly and openly
And neither night talk nor sleep comfort me

43. And my joy in being away from them
Returned with the agony of an inflamed inner depth

44. I want their company but fate refuses
My staying with them and is greedy for my obstinacy

45. And the duration of my estrangement from them was long
And I have no profit save destitution

46. And I did not neglect the precious one who wants me
Nor listened to adversarial morticians

47. They stretched their tongues, which are destructive
So how could he listen to tongues that vilify?

48. Weavers of virtuous traits deceived me
And could their war ever curb my steed?

49. And the ornament of their words, when it deluded
Announced upon its falsification

50. Is there someone perceptive in meaning, of sound
Discernment and criticism?

51. They said the assessment of my schools is fruitless
In Egypt, so what is the conclusion of my estrangement?

52. And the sea was the path of the ships of my determination
So now I almost drown in the mud

53. Three years in Khartoum have passed
Without schools, as intended

54. And how can the schools of Khartoum be hoped for
There, and without them the shaving of the stubbles?

55. Yes, the factories are more worthy of being hoped for
To support the purposes through assets

56. The religious sciences are established with them
For the desired livelihood or final abode

57. I served my homeland a long time
And the description of loyalty and reliance belongs to me

58. So I was most worthy with the gift of honor
Of means to live advantageously

59. And the object of my request is my return to my family
Even without means of transport or supplies

60. And my patience was lost since my troubles intensified
And troubles seem easier upon intensification

61. And how often I supplicated for the betterment of my state
And how often my heart cried, “Oh my heart!”

62. And I hope for Egypt’s chest to relieve my chest
And the effort of rising to the height of glory

63. And how often I was given the good tidings that the precious one of Egypt
Spoke of deliverance, but nothing came of it

64. And forbid that I should say the speech of others
For that is against my secret and belief

65. You would have heard if you had called out while alive
But there is no life to the one you call to

66. And in the Abode of Nobles I have a protection
My certainty has dug its claws steadfastly

67. The prince of the masters of supremacy
Perished in the avenue of mysticism, a guide

68. His known virtues have no peer
In the racecourse of knowledge, untethered steeds

69. His superior grace provides for travelers when they set out
And his name has made both settler and nomad rich

70. And they said about his knowledge, he is unique
So I said, “And in leadership, exclusively singular”

71. And in judgments, they said he has no equal
So I said, “And he has insight and diligence”

72. And they said in intelligence, he is intelligent, so we said
“And penetrating in mind, farsighted”

73. And they said good fortune has accompanied Al-Hasan Al-Musamma
So I said, “And how many stray with description!”

74. And the sea of his bounty appears from which a pearl
For the diver of knowledge without depletion

75. So oh best of actions, help a prisoner
In the prison of the Zanj narrating this arrest

76. Upon him the spheres of calamities revolved
And they lasted, in line with the whims of enemies

77. And I have entrusted my affairs to the Protector
And this is the source of precision and righteousness

78. May the Protector say, “Continue with My servant”
So He judges my estrangement to be drawn near

79. And it is not with my capital that I compose poetry
Nor do I see my support or backing

80. His abundant sea, if it flows one day
Then my eulogized one has the description of generosity

81. And Bakr’s mind has no friendship for me
Other than softening my return to my home

82. So oh highest of its noble houses
Steadfast in their zeal, forceful

83. And the seal of its conclusion, may God’s prayers
Be upon Taha, the intercessor of the final return

84. And His family, companions and at all times
Continuation until the day of calling.