1. The tolerant pardoned him for wandering,
And kindness improved his condition.

2. So he built his resolves upon ruining them,
And folded back his mounts from galloping.

3. With the caliphate's good fortune he was blessed,
Generous upon it with intense determination.

4. Indeed its prosperity cured what it cured,
So he complained of his illness with submission.

5. No hostile habit came from it,
It was too noble for betrayal or perfidy.

6. And the Exalted One refused what it offered him
Of its kind acts and favors.

7. Had it not been for calm and forbearance, worries
Would have called him, and he would have answered with endurance and travel.

8. Does he who cannot support a dependent woman
Whose duty soared, and his own family, stay?

9. Is one draft from the sea of ardor enough,
Except overflowing at the head of each crescent moon?

10. Who is there whom sluggishness meets but doesn't repay
Amidst perils with boldly plunging ahead?

11. Lengthy travels he assumed when he did not fear
Anything but the harm of a long period against him.

12. Shortened for the Caliph were the days of mercy,
Agitated by his agitated fortune.

13. And God is thankful for the righteous things
That came were it not for Him, the Reaper of Hopes.

14. Hopes are fulfilled: al-Murtaza Yahya
Answers all requests with aid.

15. A king who sees religion and world, that they see
The least of his gifts are homes of wealth.

16. And likewise, when the frenzied lionesses rank themselves,
Then the one killed by them is the Father of Cubs.

17. He accepts nothing but mighty conquests
In the dignity of a dread and mighty dominion.

18. Royal are his manners, so it is as if
He was cast in kingdoms from steel.

19. My patron, I depend on you in gratitude, so will
What I hope for from employment come to pass?

20. If neither an estate nor office benefits me,
Then the loss of my circumstances is a circumstance.