وتَركتُ مدحي للوَصيّ تعمُّداً

إذ كانَ نوراً مستطيلاً شامِلا

I left off praising the guardian deliberately

I have purposely abandoned my praise of the Successor,

When he was encompassing light, rectangular

For he is a towering light, vast and all-embracing.

وإذا استقَلَّ الشيءُ قام بذاتهِ

وكذا ضياءُ الشمسِ يذهبُ باطِلا

And if a thing stands alone, it stands by itself

When a thing is complete in itself, it stands by its own essence,

Just as the sun's light goes, nullifying the void

Just as the sun's radiance renders all description vain.