1. O you who made us forget men of excellence,

    and best of all who have been called human!

  2. Fityan is your young servant, and you are the youth

    who has enslaved so many young men.

  3. No wonder that, in praising you, I emulate

    Hassan, O Muhammad the beneficent.

  4. In poetry you have left Walid an infant—Abu

    Ubada, weighty in the balance.

  5. So leave aside mention of Habib, Abu

    Tammam, who fears falling short.

  6. Indeed, Labid is surely the dullard who

    cannot do your poetry justice.

  7. Likewise, Abid, in his poetry, for you,

    has become a little slave, wherever he may be.

  8. And the Errant King is astray,

    since you surpassed him in excellence and faith.

  9. And whoever rises above these fellows in excellence

    has, without doubt, outstripped Fityan.

  10. So, O preacher of Jerusalem, O you who have become

    more eloquent than Quss and Sahban!

  11. You gave verses that resembled the throne

    of Bilqis, when it reached Solomon.

  12. I kissed every verse among them, just as

    the pilgrims to the House kissed its corners.

  13. Live, O Zahir al-Din, in blessing

    manifest in private and in public.

  14. O best of those who compose poetry, and those who

    recite the Qur'an in the prayer niche!

  15. My verses have come to you, despite their weakness,

    seeking pardon and forgiveness.

Sol 6.1