1. لا مِثلَ للمُصطفى في سائرِ الدولِ

    وَزيرُ آلِ حسين السائرِ المثلِ

    Mustafa has no equal in all the realms,

    Minister of the House of Husayn, whose example is widely cited;

  2. الصاعدُ العقبةَ النّجلا بنظرتهِ

    في مُبهم الخطبِ أَو في الحادث الجللِ

    Who scales the broad mountain pass with his insight,

    In a perplexing crisis or a grave event;

  3. وَالمُرتضي الأمر بالرفقِ الكفيلِ لهُ

    بِالأمنِ مِن غيرهِ والحفظِ من خللِ

    And who accepts the task with gentleness that assures him

    Safety from others and protection from error;

  4. الكاتم السرّ حتّى عَن ضمائرهِ

    وَالكاشفُ الغيبَ عَن ظنّ بلا مهلِ

    Who hides the secret even from his innermost thoughts,

    And reveals the unseen through conjecture, without delay;

  5. المُحرزُ المجدَ عَن جدٍّ يجرّ بهِ

    نِجادَ نجدته لا ذيلَ محتفلِ

    Who wins glory through earnest effort, thereby trailing

    His valor’s baldric, not a celebrant’s train;

  6. وَالمُنتضي كلّ عضبٍ مِن حفيظتهِ

    بِسابق الهمّ للإِعراض لا العذلِ

    And draws every keen blade from his protective zeal,

    With forethought for turning away, not reproach;

  7. وَالباعثُ العزم جيشاً من شهامتهِ

    إِذ لا مساغَ لجيشِ البيض والأسلِ

    And sends resolve forth as an army of his gallantry,

    When an army of bright swords and spears has no way through;

  8. تَرمي عيون ذَوي الشحنا بديهتهُ

    بِغيهبٍ وَسراياهم بمحتفلِ

    His ready wit assails the eyes of the rancorous

    With deep darkness, and their detachments with a massed host;

  9. فَليسَ للنجمِ أن يحمي مناوئه

    وَليسَ ينشطُ من جاراه من عقلِ

    So the star cannot protect his adversary,

    Nor can anyone who vies with him break free of fetters.