1. How can time not ransom me a servant
When I'm a servant of the servant of the Most Merciful

2. With the permanence of our noble master's grace
O state of the virtuous, may you ever endure

3. For I see him taking my place before the King
The refuge of souls beside bodies

4. Ruler of dissolution in realms and covenant
And judgment of absolving and forbidding

5. Implementer of efficacy in every region
A judging pen over every province

6. Kings in every land receive
His incoming letters with veneration

7. Lofty speaker disdaining all time's
Grand speeches however sublime