للّهِ دَرُّكَ يا ابْنَ بَطّانٍ فَما

لشَهيرِ جودِكَ في البَسيطَةِ جاحِدُ

Glory be to you, O son of Batan, though

The renowned liberality in Al-Basaita has a denier,

إنْ كانَ في الدُّنْيا كريمٌ واحِدٌ

يزِنُ الجَميعَ فأنْتَ ذاكَ الواحِدُ

If there is one generous person in the world

Who outweighs all, that one is you.

أجْرَيْتَ فضْلَكَ جعْفَراً يَحْياَ بِهِ

ما كانَ من مَجْدٍ فذكْرُكَ خالِدُ

You bestowed your bounty on Ja`far and he lives by it

Whatever glory there was, your mention is eternal.

فالقوْمُ منْكَ تجمّعوا في واحِدٍ

ولَدٌ كَما شاءَ العُلاءُ ووالِدُ

The people all came together in the one

Son, as the Exalted and Parent willed.

وهيَ اللّيالي لاتزالُ صُروفُها

يَشْقى بموقِعِها الكَريمُ الماجِدُ

And these nights, their circumstances still

Afflict the noble, splendid man.

وبمُسْتَعينِ اللهِ يصْلُحُ منْكَ ما

قدْ كان غيّرَهُ الزّمانُ الفاسِدُ

But with the help of God, that of you which

Time, corrupt, had changed, will be set right.