لكَ في المَكارِمِ يا أبا العبّاسِ

آثارُ برٍّ لمْ تَدَعْ مِن باسِ

You, Abu al-Abbas, have traces of kindness,

Not leaving any weakness untouched.

وأبَرُّ طعْماً ما حَلا ذوْقاً وما

أضْحى شِفاءً دائماً للنّاسِ

And the most righteous in taste is what became

A lasting cure for people.

ولَديْكُمُ منهُ كَثيرٌ فابْعَثوا

بالرّائِقِ الألْوانِ والأجْناسِ

And with you there is much of it, so send

The fine varieties and kinds.

ولْتَترُكوا مَقْلوبَهُ لغريرةٍ

ألِفَتْكُمُ منْ بعدِ طولِ شِماسِ

And leave the upside down for the little old lady

Who has become accustomed to you after a long blindness.

يُعزى أبوها للذي أشْبَهْتَهُ

وصفاً بلا شكٍّ ولا إلباسِ

Her father is consoled by the one you resembled

In description without any doubt or ambiguity.

فألِفْتَ أنواعَ الحلاوةِ دائِماً

في الحالَتينِ الأكْلِ والإعْراسِ

So you have become accustomed to all kinds of sweetness

In both eating and marriage.

هذا ومُوجِبُهُ إليْكُم ما ارْتَضَتْ

عُلْياكَ منْ بِرٍّ ومنْ إيناسِ

This is what your highness has required of you

Of righteousness and intimacy.