1. How often have I analyzed love through the aperture of youth
For gardens amenable to wishes and spaciousness

2. And a climate in the shade of a tender side
And a resting place between fresh branches

3. Where the neck of the boughs was adorned
With a necklace of dripping rain from the hands of clouds

4. And the breeze of the morn walked gently
With the gait of a belle in flowing robes

5. Over the burbling stream with soft banks
Whose outpour cleansed filth to comfort

6. It spread over it a coat of shade
Fragmented by the winds beneath the groves

7. And sang before dawn shrieking
With melodies of passion and torment

8. It provoked from the impulses of yearning what disturbs and kindles
Yearning for youth and dalliance

9. I have loosed its rein grandly
For the gardens of sciences and literature

10. And stealing glances from the cheek of the fair
When she hints at unveiling

11. And devising unprecedented research
Fertilized by the pollen of intellects

12. Those skilled amongst them loved us
With arts, focused on learning

13. Like the audacious Jamal* gathering benefits
The famed bird among mathematicians

14. Support of Damascus, best of religions
Who came with the most wondrous wonders

15. Master, whose achievements persist
Through the passage of months and eras

16. He is Nu'man, the knight of his time
In solving problems when answering

17. God granted him in the branches understanding
Pure, grasping the abode of righteousness

18. And endowed him with abundant knowledge
Thus he surpassed his peers

19. No complex issue evaded him
Without unraveling its veil of doubt

20. Why not! He is the heir of excellence
From honored, noble forefathers

21. O Imam, I saw with the eye of my hearing
A cave for all students

22. From you in Damascus, a journey that distracted me
From fate, missing reasons

23. So to you tomorrow, my poem
The product of a thought above the high dunes

24. Adorned after your attributes with a necklace
Strung with jewelry of conciseness

25. Seeking permission from you in transmitting
A gift, for that is the utmost of goals

26. So grant me, especially authority in jurisprudence
With your support, O noble pillar

27. And bestow it upon an aspirant
And gain abundant rewards

28. For who is more deserving of authorization
To compose poetry for loved ones

29. Remain and live long, exalted mind
What a hand wrote with sincerity in the chest of a book