1. My master, praise has arrived perfumed,
From it, by your mention, a fragrant garden flourished,

2. And it has been refreshed in the gardens of gratitude by your kindness,
Bearing elegant and witty compositions,

3. And it brought a musky greeting,
Dewy with the trailing hem of its garment at dawn,

4. I sent it with a poem to the Master whose
Thoughts were ennobled by the perfection of Joseph,

5. The judge of Damascus, and the one who judged with his favor
That the noble may steal for his excellence,

6. So unpack its parchments joyfully with you
In the clarity of a life wholly restored,

7. And the acumen of an understanding that finds no trouble
When the hidden meaning is obscured.