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 on every side, a guarantor of blessings,

    It bespeaks deep-rooted honor and glory.

  3. يُبَشِّرُ بالشّمْلِ الجَميع قُدومُها

    وتأْتي معَ العيْشِ الخَصيبِ على وعْدِ

    Its arrival heralds a united company,

    And comes, as promised, with a life of plenty.

  4. تُمَدُّ بِباسْمِ اللّهِ في كُلِّ مشْهَدِ

    وتُرْفَعُ بعْدَ الشُّكْرِ للّهِ والحَمْدِ

    It is laid out with "In the name of God" at every gathering,

    And is lifted 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 showers fail,

    And guarantees seekers of bounty kindness and aid.

  6. تَرَى فوقَها الطّيْفورَ أسْتاذَ حَلْقَةٍ

    مَعاني حُروفِ الحَلْقِ منْ بعْضِ ما يُبْدي

    You see upon it the serving tray, master of a study 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 bounty is related on Ibn Musdi's authority,

    You see the people's palms weaving the weft or laying the warp.

  8. توارَثَها الموْلى أبو سالِمٍ الرّضَى

    عنِ الوالِدِ الموْلَى المُقَدَّسِ والجَدِّ

    The worthy lord Abu Salim inherited it in turn

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

  9. علِيِّ بْنِ عُثْمانَ بْنِ يعْقوبَ يا لَها

    مَفاخِرَ قدْ أرْبَتْ علَى الحَصْرِ والعَدِّ

    Ali ibn Uthman ibn Yaqub—oh, what

    Glories, surpassing reckoning and counting!

  10. أدامَ لكَ اللّهُ البَقاءَ وأصْبَحَتْ

    مَكارِمُهُ نُوراً على علَمٍ فَرْدِ

    May God prolong your life, and may

    His noble deeds become a light upon a solitary peak.