1. يا من تظل له الكواكب حسدا

    لعلو رتبته وتمسي سجدا

    O you whom the stars envy all day,

    for your exalted rank, and before whom they fall prostrate at evening.

  2. حاشا اهتمامك أن أروح مؤخراً

    بعد التقدم في نديك والندى

    Far be it from your care to let me depart relegated,

    after enjoying precedence in your assembly and your bounty.

  3. قسماً عليك أبا الضياء مؤكداً

    لا تقبضن إلا على ود يدا

    By a solemn oath I adjure you, Abu al-Diya:

    never close your hand save upon affection.

  4. فوحق نعمتك التي من أجلها

    أصبحت محسوداً عليك من العدا

    For, by the sanctity of your bounty, through which

    I have become envied by foes on your account:

  5. لو قست بي من يدعي لك خدمة

    ومحبة لغدوت وحدي أوحدا

    if you compared with me whoever claims to serve you

    and love you, I alone would prove peerless,

  6. وعلمت أني في يمينك صارم

    ماض يسرك منتضى أو مغمدا

    and you would know I am a sword in your right hand,

    keen-edged, pleasing you whether drawn or sheathed.

  7. أفنى وأبقي فيك غر قصائد

    يبقى الثناء بها عليك مخلدا

    I shall perish, yet leave radiant odes about you,

    through which praise of you will endure forever.

  8. فارجع لعادتك الكريمة منعماً

    أولا فقل لي ماعدا مما بدا

    So return to your noble custom, bestowing favors,

    or else tell me what has turned you from your former course.

  9. واسلم فقد شكر الوصي وآله

    عزماً نصرت به النبي محمدا

    And be well, for the Legatee and his family have praised

    the resolve with which you aided the Prophet Muhammad.