1. نشَدْتُكَ هلْ أبْصَرْتَ قَبْلي أوْ بَعْدي

    مُقوَّرَةً قوْراءَ كالقَمَرِ السّعْدِ

    I adjure you: have you seen, before me or after me,

    A round, spacious spread, like the auspicious moon,

  2. رَحيبَةَ أكْنافٍ ضَمينَةَ أنْعُمٍ

    تدُلُّ على الفَخْرِ المُؤَثَّلِ والمَجْدِ

    Broad in its bounds, a guarantor of blessings,

    Bespeaking deep-rooted honor and glory?

  3. يُبَشِّرُ بالشّمْلِ الجَميع قُدومُها

    وتأْتي معَ العيْشِ الخَصيبِ على وعْدِ

    Its arrival heralds the company’s reunion,

    And it comes, as promised, with abundant sustenance.

  4. تُمَدُّ بِباسْمِ اللّهِ في كُلِّ مشْهَدِ

    وتُرْفَعُ بعْدَ الشُّكْرِ للّهِ والحَمْدِ

    It is spread with “In the name of God” at every gathering,

    And taken away after thanks and praise to God.

  5. وتَخْلُفُ جَوْدَ الغيْثِ إنْ أخْلَفَ الحَيا

    وتَكْفُلُ للعافِينَ بالرِّفْقِ والرِّفْدِ

    It replaces the rain’s bounty if the life-giving rain fails,

    And assures those seeking bounty of kindness and aid.

  6. تَرَى فوقَها الطّيْفورَ أسْتاذَ حَلْقَةٍ

    مَعاني حُروفِ الحَلْقِ منْ بعْضِ ما يُبْدي

    You see upon it the dining tray, master of a circle;

    The meanings of the guttural letters are among what it reveals.

  7. إذا ما ابْنُ مُسْدٍ أُسْنِدَتْ عنْهُ نِعْمَةٌ

    رأيْتَ أكُفَّ القوْمِ تُلْحِمُ أو تُسْدي

    Whenever a blessing is transmitted on Ibn Musdi’s authority,

    You see the people’s hands weaving weft or laying warp.

  8. توارَثَها الموْلى أبو سالِمٍ الرّضَى

    عنِ الوالِدِ الموْلَى المُقَدَّسِ والجَدِّ

    Lord Abu Salim, the esteemed, inherited it

    From his father, the hallowed lord, and his grandfather,

  9. علِيِّ بْنِ عُثْمانَ بْنِ يعْقوبَ يا لَها

    مَفاخِرَ قدْ أرْبَتْ علَى الحَصْرِ والعَدِّ

    Ali son of Uthman son of Yaqub—oh, what

    Glories, exceeding all reckoning and count!

  10. أدامَ لكَ اللّهُ البَقاءَ وأصْبَحَتْ

    مَكارِمُهُ نُوراً على علَمٍ فَرْدِ

    May God prolong your life, and may

    His bounties become a light upon a peerless peak.