1. Thus you remain, of high rank
With many enemies and much conquest

2. God has granted you this blessing
And God does not take back what He gives

3. Whoever lives will see in your enviers
And in those hostile to you, a wondrous thing

4. They wanted to possess what was in your hand
And died without gaining that profit

5. How much they wanted misery upon you
But God did not allow that wish

6. So do not worry about the passage of time
For you are the victor, however it turns

7. And leave no money, for the generous man's livelihood
Comes to him from where he does not expect

8. If God takes the soul of the Emir
The loss of gold is the easiest thing

9. And he who earns praise in both worlds
Does not care about what he earned

10. So take the choice of sweet life
And leave harm and toil to others

11. Do not hide anything but the blades of swords
And these men and these undertakings

12. By my life, you have arisen well
And your mention adorns the mention of Arabs

13. Caravans of countries came to you
From every deep ravine

14. Some have a Kaaba in the Hijaz
And some have a Kaaba in Aleppo

15. These make pilgrimage for forgiveness of sins
And those for bestowing favors

16. In hand the finest example of swords
Quick to pleasure, not quick to anger

17. The like of hail when aroused
And clouds when poured forth

18. If the King wrote immortality for me
I would write the like for him of what he wrote

19. Eulogies that remain as time remains
And are immortal therein for ages

20. Abu Salih, not all words
Remain, nor is all speech loved

21. I served you when my hair was black
And here it is, white like seeds

22. And the like of you seeks the like of me, his equal
And he comes to him even better than he sought