1. I have wondrous and fascinating news for you
I will recount it, and it is for you to interpret

2. I saw the sea silent and pensive
Like an old man, lost in thought of the past

3. So I asked myself, confused and restless
Oh how I wish I knew, where has its roar gone?

4. Yesterday, a babbling wave said
As it passed by, completing the speech of its rocks

5. Yesterday, one of your tribe passed us by
His features were delicate, and his feelings were tender

6. Swaying as if drunk on holy wine
In it desire, charm, and languor

7. Walking gently, barely touching the ground
As if his path were among the stars

8. Toying with the strings of the lute and the dusk
His curtain billowing over the mist

9. Conveying greetings to the ancient homeland
And singing of the land he will soon visit

10. His fervent song and cheers inspired awe
So it wandered and its roar and growl were lost

11. You know him, this is that youth
He whose passing charmed the rocks

12. David and his psalms in his melodies
Al-Mawsili, Ma'bad and his bed

13. Oh our guest, you are the messenger of companionship
Its harbinger, and art is your commander

14. If it were known in Paradise that you are among us
Virgin houris would come to us in caravans

15. Spring left, and you came, so it is as if
Spring returned with its flowers and birds

16. Art rushed to you with its princes
And its houses and palaces opened for you

17. Jewels are comforted by jewels
As for dust, dust is its comfort

18. Oh minstrel of melodies, I am a poet
Whose light is dim next to your light

19. Poetry is the highest speech, except
That which the youth's portrayal made higher

20. And I love the roses of gardens, their scent
Is what I love most of the garden's roses

21. You are the youth, the breeze whispers for you
The stream's clarity and murmur are for you

22. The people's hearts are moldable by you
And the night listens to you in its homes

23. With these strings there is irresistible magic
Undulating like revelation at its appearance

24. If you do not inspire and arouse it
Then who can inspire and arouse it?

25. Strum your lute, and it bursts forth
Flowing into our souls with its influence

26. Walk with us in every charming melody
Like water flowing through branches, pure

27. Pass around to those seated cups of passion
In your hands its drink and its juice

28. So the dignified man's composure slips away
And the old man reconsiders his pride

29. The anxious man's worries fall asleep
And joy awakens in the heart of the sad one

30. These crowds are now one person
Yours to command, and however you wish is their fate

31. If you want, their cheers and singing last
Or you want, their wailing and growling persist

32. We have given you our hearts and taken nothing
Except what was yours before we arranged it