رفَعَ اللهُ مظهَرَ ابنِ الرِّفاعِي

أبداً فهو لا يَزالُ رَفيعَا

God raised the status of Ibn al-Rifa'i

Forever, for he remains eminent

ولهذا رصَّعْتُ ذَيْلَ عُلاهُ

بدَراري مَدائِحي تَرْصيعَا

And for this I adorned the train of his exaltation

With my praise-poems in embellishment

فهو في العَارِفينَ قامَ إِماماً

وأَبوهُ في المُرْسَلينَ شَفيعَا

For he became the leader of the gnostics

While his father is the intercessor of the messengers