1. Though you say have patience, the affliction is severe,
And though you count blessings, the reward is great,

2. I was perplexed whether to thank time or blame it,
So I knew not after thanks how to blame.

3. Tomorrow time will be praised for its deeds,
While yesterday it was blameworthy to me,

4. It delighted hearts after having pained them,
So in each heart lies paradise and hell.

5. If a test befalls the victorious and pure,
You are the Commander of the Faithful, everlasting,

6. If we are envied the paradise of immortality,
Your closeness to us is paradise and bliss.

7. You inherited guidance by the text from him and his words,
My brother and cousin if you count ancestry,

8. And that Chosen One set a precedent in his cousin,
So your nobility is original and longstanding.

9. It related the Pledge of Good Pleasure, your pledge by which
Faith is sound even if unsound,

10. And you have gained, praise be to God, a deal,
For which necks of believers are devoted.

11. God's hand in it is above hands that He has protected
From breaking a contract made for your rule intact,

12. Loyalty to you in it secretly are consciences,
That pray for you even without piety or fasting.

13. Times have intended a matter but we repelled it,
Events cannot accomplish when they scheme,

14. They attacked with the Mother of Disasters but you rose
Above death, our souls and bodies,

15. And were it not for the swords of the supporter, vanguards
Of dignified, calm, and forbearing warriors,

16. Swords which when the battlefield is too narrow for the brave,
They are adversaries for the hotheads of foes.

17. But he is the mountain that no winds shake,
However strongly they blow while they are tumultuous,

18. When fantasies are agitated he calms their ferocity
With resolve that elucidates tribulations and he is forbearing,

19. He has a domination that fate does not feel secure from his might,
And tyranny when patience is lacking, painful,

20. And he has in supporting God a stern heart,
But with the faithful he is compassionate.

21. I say to an intractable opponent silenced by awe,
So he holds back in fear of you while he is indignant,

22. Show courage and do not let the awe of his rule prevent you,
Ask and persist for the generous is generous.

23. A king who has from your in-laws a party
That undoes the knots of tribulations while it is grave,

24. He is the full moon surrounded by many stars,
With them the devils of hypocrisy are stoned.

25. They give light and the faces of the people shine in every stance,
He appears above the faces and the bleakness.

26. Lions, and the cubs of lionesses roaming freely,
Succours for them the ready clouds are rainclouds,

27. They characterized leadership by their good conduct,
And how often the mounts' halters they protected and marked!

28. They are my loyal helpers favoring me with their souls,
For which time is a slave and the age is a servant,

29. But the Bestower of Grandeur will never bring their like,
Though She is the Ever-bearing Mother, sterile.

30. They have lasting nobility, which white disclosed,
Whereby it removed sorrow from people and gloom.

31. I acknowledged the pillar of might is Ahmad's house,
Support for them, not for the judges a leader,

32. An enemy, their enemy, and a loyal friend is my loyal friend,
Experienced in the secrets of loyalty, knowledgeable,

33. With his sword and tongue he struggles for them,
How many words of his were wounds!

34. The Helper thereby reinforced their authority,
And enriched Islam while destitute.

35. He ransomed the homes of realms for their conversations,
Even if remote, before death, precious,

36. The name of the King includes them then He singles him out,
Vanquishing after specificity generality,

37. Not every praiseworthy trait is Muhammad’s,
Nor is every one revealed to a Distinguished One.