1. My longing cannot be contained in papers and books
Beyond what writers and authors have written

2. My master, the honourable Abdallah, I am proud
of him

3. Graces are adorned by him, and Aleppo is exalted by him
Glories insist on being associated with him alone

4. And they see him as their ultimate ambition
He combines sublime glory, kingly generosity

5. And lofty lineage of brilliant stars
He is the sign of the times, an incomparable ocean

6. No man can rival him without being defeated
In the mornings he rises like a shining sun

7. Granting knowledge to those who seek it
The circles of poetry recognise him as the star

8. Grinding the grains of knowledge and composition
The exemplar of our noble law and our role model

9. An endless ocean no streams can compete with
A house crowded by scholars is our direction

10. To it I turned my face in hope of blessing
Delving into the finest points of knowledge and manners

11. Through him, puzzles become clear
Full of learned debate and discourse

12. From which questions can be extracted and gained
No debater challenges him with an issue

13. Except he defeats them outright, leaving them dejected
His eloquence is sweet as honey, healing the sick

14. If only his compositions reached an inscriber
My father, you were a sun brightening our days

15. May you return to dispel my sorrows
My father, shall I see Baghdad uniting us

16. In a glorious house full of joy and delight?
For my sea of longing has overflowed

17. From me to you, with crashing waves
My ships of patience sailed hurriedly

18. While my loved ones rode them
My father, after you Zawra thirsts

19. For knowledge, so let it drink its fill from you
My father, let this time bring us together

20. The best gathering that keeps enemies away
And let there be a day under palm shade our circle

21. With ripe dates falling around us
You among us like a full moon gleaming at dusk

22. As we form halos and circles around you
We reap fruits of knowledge as we converse

23. Pouring thoughts and minds
After you, who remains for prolixity and concision?

24. Who makes rational and literary books his friends?
My father, may the land of Zhul Shanba rejoice

25. As Baghdad falls under the control of allies
Nobles who gathered merits of generosity

26. Suckled on the first milk of virtue
A people by whom God has honoured existence

27. Sons of glory, of repute and distinction
Their platform is strung higher than the stars

28. With planets in their service and comets to heed them
The stream of the Milky Way serves their needs

29. Fruits of heaven feed them when food is scarce
They created mountains of knowledge for mankind's benefit

30. Their fine behaviour attracted the best company
The bloom of their countenances sought all heights of sublimity

31. And reached what they sought – what goals!
Warriors meet them in the thick of nightly battles

32. As they blaze amidst the dust and confusion of war
They are the generous whose equals none can claim

33. To a guest their breath and life they freely gave
They excelled in merits and so gathered

34. As the pious and the noblest of pedigrees
Quenching themselves on the purest draught

35. No eye has seen the likes of such satiation
Pillars of the faith kept far from all filth

36. Drawn instead towards the Divine Presence
They are angels in mortal form