1. Are you a breeze or a departed soul that I pine for,
From the family of Umarah or Thaw, so I wait?

2. Or is it the soul's need confounding its companion,
At the watering places of a promise it has no patience for?

3. Or is there no way to his loved ones? Protection disdained them
And the guards and night patrol stood in his way.

4. O dwelling whose inhabitants my heart cannot forget
Though they left it and abandoned it.

5. It was not a possession of Mustafa's nor a place he lodged
Yet you are inhabited and frequented.

6. For here the tribe all gathered, and we have a shrine,
A debt binding us, and your night brings us together.

7. When you are graced by the stillness of gazelles at rest,
Neither distracted nor startled.

8. Whiteness mingled with reddish brown - what beauty -
And darkness, shade, solitude, and hushed tones.

9. The eyes of every indolent one are devoid of passion
As if she is drunk or consumed by drunkenness.

10. She sways her buttocks and thighs alluringly
So her wraps cling, accentuating her waist.

11. Never! That is but a reminder, a wish
Without it there is only estrangement, oblivion, and old age.

12. And though I struggle against men who have tested me,
I cannot defeat them with restraint.

13. My stance, if they betray, and if they show patience,
They hurt me, yet I show loyalty though they betray.

14. How many flawed ones long for merit, hoping for it,
While blaming the one with merit, like the radiant sun.

15. And taken with people's faults, he strips them away,
As if apologizing for his own faults.

16. One whom insight has never led
To propriety - neither hearing nor sight can guide him.

17. I complain of things I have brought upon myself
By my wishful thinking - why am I not more patient?

18. I claim to be forbearing while fate makes sport of me.
I know not where benefit or harm lie.

19. I see enemy and friend as equal, to my detriment,
So I do not know from whom to beware.

20. Passions inclined toward things
Have burdened me. But in refusing them is influence.

21. None but a wicked eye will see in me
Vainglory in which the serpent stirs.

22. I have perceptive experiences of days
Though they think I am easily duped by people.

23. And I have merits that vex the envious
As if they are embers in their livers.

24. Merits by whose loftiness one deduces
An artisan's work of unalloyed purity.

25. There is no pride but in one of noble character.
And none is named "father" but Zayd or Mudar.

26. One who is not magnanimous, like Dhuhl or Kaysar,
Will not benefit from his father or grandfather.

27. Eternal one, you have made every honor last
Through deeds like theirs, splendid and innovative.

28. Like the merit of Dhuhl and the goodness of Kaysar who seized
Such magnanimity though they were lowly.

29. Radiant in what they said and did -
Fine as carnelian and pearls arrayed.

30. Fragrant in what they emulated and followed -
Sweet as the scent of blossoms and flowers.

31. They shared goodness, inheriting it.
As if the full moon had been cloven between them.

32. They resembled each other, yet no resemblance could be seen
If characters and forms are similar.

33. God ordained the means to their loftiness -
Who can avert what Fate decrees?

34. The two are true lanterns whose tomorrow
Will take pride in Atik and Al-Azd as well.

35. Remember the kings of Bani Nahyan in Yemen -
They are honored whenever mentioned.

36. They are the noblest of old, committing no wrong,
Disobeying no command, violating no prohibition.

37. They were kings of all people in the days of ignorance,
Surpassed by none in kingship.

38. And if their superiority in Islam is evident
It is they by whom their lords were victorious.

39. I remember the days the Prophet emigrated
To them when the first disbelieved and deserted him.

40. They protected the religion of Islam and followed
The way of the Messenger, giving him shelter and aid.

41. Their outlook, with hands none deny,
Arabs, non-Arabs, nomads, and city dwellers alike.

42. And in odes and verses we relate what
The surahs recounted about them.

43. And in the clans of Bani Nahyan is the truth of what
Our reports about Qahtan's descendants relate.

44. Atik ordained generosity for them which they followed.
And Al-Azd prosperity for them which they built up.

45. Pure hearts their robes conceal from blemishes -
Gowns, mantles, and waist wraps.

46. They have gifts like the abundant Euphrates whose streams
Wherever it floods, flow into every region.

47. Lineage and the essence of glory were seized by
Dhuhl, Kaysar, the masses, and goodness.

48. O my lord of Qahtan's descendants, through you soared
Glory, might, and danger upon kings.

49. You carried the splendid gathering beyond Umar,
For through you it climbs and prospers.

50. You are a branch that sprouted and grew
In glory with no defect or blight.

51. You remain shedding light while your light
Benefits the people just like rain.

52. With your bounty, O Abu Hassan,
And O father of the Arabs, the most renowned!

53. Every year the fast of your month gladdens you
And the holiday, joy, ease, and righteousness.