1. The sublime qualities are flowers and lights,
Their fragrance delights the nose of discernment.

2. When the winds of intellect blow upon them,
Secrets pour forth in the garden of learning.

3. No garden of bliss was ever breathed upon by the morning breeze
After being watered by a flowing stream,

4. And awakened the slumber of the fire of yearning
With the dew, when at dawn birds gave glad tidings,

5. Or a piece of ambergris, cleft asunder
By the fragrant breath of the east wind, the perfumer,

6. Or a choice handful of claws that caught
Upon them bits of live coals and claws,

7. Or the fragrance of a fire kept overnight
By a Bedouin, with embers and ashes in its hearth,

8. More delightful and gentler than the diffusion of sublime qualities
When the winds of perception blow upon them.

9. He recited them to us with care, a trusted brother
Upon whose face shine the lights of good news.

10. Master of the best of creation, the Conquest is no blemish on him,
No, nor disgrace, neither Fes nor anything else.

11. The crescent moon of Fes - since genealogy brought it to him
It is as a sign for him, a star flaming on his head.

12. For in that there is an indication that he has merit
Above all others who live there, home or abroad,

13. And that he is truly its patron and master,
And that for wedding speeches he is a ready matchmaker.

14. Al-'Ulā reported from his father the inheritor of praise
'Abd al-Qādir the scholarly imam reared by the learned,

15. That Fes does not care if none should dwell in it
Save he who has homesteads fit for its stature.

16. Age has burdened it - therein is a garden that gave forth
Wondrous plants and rivers beyond compare.

17. Upon it the most fragrant greeting that none contend with
Save the two subtle beings: the basil plant and stocks.

18. And as long as the world lasts, two things will reproach him:
The two melodious ones, poetry and song.

19. And may God bless this offspring, for through him
Honor has revenue and issue.