1. Alas! Glory has weaned you of guile
There is no honor between staying or departing

2. Glory lies only in leaving, so the prowess of a
lion is not felt among the lambs

3. When she was convinced of my good conduct
She thought I had suckled at the breast of the idol

4. She did not know, she did not realize the arguments of my reproach
My only aim being to obtain the rain of al-Yusi

5. The Imam most deserving of esteem
Whose eminence towers over all heads

6. The counsel whose light of guidance pours forth
A radiance brighter than the sun’s rays

7. Our Shaykh, most excellent of shaykhs, for who can
Comprehend what our Shaykh is, the splendor of all lessons

8. Our Shaykh surpasses all shaykhs in merit
Overflowing with grace, quenching the lexicon

9. Our Shaykh, Kaaba of virtues, ceased not to be
An object of visitation for one enamored of the precious

10. We came to you seeking success and rectitude, O enlightener of Touss
We came to you seeking deliverance and water in place of wine

11. We came to you seeking salvation, my Master, from the torment of Bīs
We came to you seeking deliverance from the greatest foe, Iblīs

12. We came to you seeking wealth, we came to
You, beyond base, vile, despicable adversity

13. We came to you seeking benefit during transcription and instruction
We came to you seeking victory in battle against a defeated enemy

14. We came to you seeking healing from what mars the good character
We came to you, the healer of souls,

15. Not the doctor of pulp and chemicals
And found you to be the very staff of noble traits,

16. Not a staff attributed to Galen
Grant us from the sweetness of intimacy

17. To forget the bitterness of dejection
And give us from the jujubes of meaning

18. To soothe the obstruction of distraught souls
And protect us from our souls, for they have

19. Fought against us, not like the war of Bassoos
Wanting to plunder what God let flow

20. Generously over humankind, of fine chivalry
A glance at Abu ‘Ali has quenched

21. A drink from Abu ‘Ali, the president
May his light keep shining, showing him

22. A full moon of glory at the rise of veneration