1. I was astounded by someone who once said to me
A scholar of great wisdom and understanding

2. You abandoned your people, faulting their religion
Yet you did not follow the path of the jurists

3. Why did you not gain closeness through loving Muhammad's family?
Loving all would have made you a man of loyalty

4. I answered him with a response that was not harsh
The truth I wear has a cloak over it

5. The people of the cloak are my beloved, as they
Are whom God has decreed for me loyalty

6. And whoever loves them and follows their faith
To them I have sincere affection

7. As for the dissenters, my curse is upon them
And I single them out with the aim of censure

8. I was amazed by someone who once said to me
A sign of wisdom from the jurists

9. Your people called you master, speaking truly
You are the successful one, master of poets

10. When you specifically praise Muhammad's family
With your praise, you are unmatched by any poet

11. Praising wealthy kings for their gifts
While praising them though they gave no gift

12. So rejoice, for you have won their love
Even if you came to them with repayment

13. The whole world does not equal
A sip of Ahmad's basin of water