إِنّي أَتَيتُكُمُ مِنَ القَبرِ

وَالناسُ مُحتَبِسونَ لِلحَشرِ

I have come to you from the grave

I have come to you returning from the grave,

While people are detained for the resurrection

While others wait confined for Judgment Day.

لَولا أَبو العَبّاسِ ما نَظَرَت

عَيني إِلى وَلَدٍ وَلا وَفرِ

If it were not for Abu al-Abbas I would not have seen

Were it not for Abu al-Abbas, my eye

My eyes looking upon a son or kinsman

Would not have looked on children or on wealth.

اللَهُ أَلبَسَني بِهِ نِعَماً

شَغَلَت جَسامَتُها يَدي شُكري

God has clothed me through him with bounties

Through him, God robed me in such benefits,

Whose greatness has kept my hands busy with gratitude

Their weight preoccupied my hand of thanks.

لُقِّنتُها مِن مُفهِمٍ فَهِمٍ

فَعَقَدتُها بِأَنامِلٍ عَشرِ

I was taught by one who understands, understands well

I learned this from a sage of deep insight,

So I grasped them with ten fingers

And knotted it with all ten fingertips.