أُلامُ على شُكرِ الوصِيّ أبي الحَسَن

وذلكَ عِندي مِن عَجائِبِ ذا الزَّمَن

I am bound and indebted to thank Abu al-Hasan

And that to me is among the wonders of this time

خليفةِ خيرِ الناسِ والأوّل الذي

أعانَ رسول الله في السِّرِّ والعَلَن

The caliph of the best of people and the first one who

Supported Allah's Messenger openly and in secret

ولولاهُ ما عُدَّت لهاشمٍ امرَةٌ

وكانت على الأيّام تُفضَح وتُمتَهَن

Without him no prestige would have remained for Hashim

And they would have been disgraced and humiliated by time

فولَّى بني العبّاس ما اختصّ غَيرَهم

ومن منهُ أولى بالتكرُّم والمِنَن

So he appointed the Abbasids what no other possessed

And who was more deserving of nobility and favor from him

فأوضحَ عبدُ الله بالبَصرَةِ الهُدى

وفاضَ عبيد الله جوداً على اليَمَن

Thus Abdullah made guidance clear in Basra

And Ubayd Allah overflowed with generosity on Yemen

وقَسَّمَ أعمالَ الخِلافةِ بينَهُم

فلا زِلتُ مربوطاً بِذا الشُّكرِ مُرتَهَن

And he distributed the tasks of the caliphate among them

So I remain forever bound and indebted with this gratitude