1. Time has tested her, so since I took care of her
It began to support her victory again and again

2. And I responded to the call of the Franks with eloquence
Before thinking through it, with the spontaneity of men

3. Your noble brothers extinguished its embers
As they assumed the mantles of horrors

4. I did not know, and analogy falls short with them
Did helpers descend or did lions attack?

5. Their short swords became long in their hands
Lifetimes became brief through them

6. And you mixed your supporters with your own souls
While people belonged to you, loyal and bonded to you

7. My friend, asking brings healing. What have I
Learned about it, if I answer my question?

8. Does the ministry have any need or argument
That it hopes to complete, some of it, fully?

9. This one, who your gaze still constantly
Yearns for him in the empty present

10. This one, whom they prevented you from
To exit the honored, sanctified glory

11. And who is more right to be the caliph's minister than one who walked
In the presence of reverence and majesty

12. And was drawn close to the caliphs, and secrets
Were unveiled to him through signs of the circumstances

13. And the ministers turned away from his views
As names turn through verbs

14. Oh son of imams, and praise of you
Struts between joint and bone

15. The world is not ashamed while you lead it
And your guiding minister is Abu Shubal