1. O Abul Abbas, O sun of the
Heights of the family of Abbas

2. O son of Caliphs, the
Healers of misery with armor

3. And O builder of bases
High above any base

4. And the man whose eyes are to me
The most perfect of mankind

5. Isn’t the conclusion for the seal
Like the crown for the head?

6. So bestow, O current
Of favors and drinks

7. A seal for the arrows of smiles
In the form of citadels

8. Like the wave of raging seas
And mountain solidly based

9. Whenever I presented a branding iron
Let it brand my branding iron

10. Or let it adorn my gatherings
With splendor beyond gatherings

11. And let people say he gave it
To him, lord of people

12. And why shouldn’t my hopes in you
Rise above my despair?

13. For your days are my holidays
And your times my weddings

14. And my heart is, for your sake, a heart
Abbas ibn Mirdas

15. I will sing your praises in
Verses that stir people’s memories

16. Their sequence for you
Like the sequence of leaves on trees