1. I was sleepless but my eyes did not betray me, though a year has passed,
And whoever faces what I faced, he must suffer sleeplessness,

2. Worries besiege me at night like misfortunes besieging the outcast,
I counted the stars from Maqid till a single one separated from the rest,

3. You see or imagine at the knot of its thread,
Phantoms of beasts dangling from torn skins,

4. As if pebbles at its opening,
Were valleys of soft flour not yet poured,

5. As if the urine splash before its sides,
Were the gown of a bride or blue tattoo,

6. It has shriveled until the links of its opening has joined
The ribs of a three year old calf that did not join before,

7. It has made my legs by the side of its knot,
A blade like blades of pierced camel skin waterskins,

8. It lies down in hot weather when cocks crow near it
And spends the night in a place with smooth short plants,

9. It lies down bursting, disregarding any rising swell
Even if its genie remains erect and climbs,

10. It goes and returns with its belly dissolved towards you,
O son of Muzn's water and son of Muharreq's,

11. You have surpassed the kings of people in glory and piety
And quenched with the morning dew of the handle of power,

12. You are the pillar of religion whatever you lessen is lessened
And whatever falsehood you destroy is destroyed,

13. And if they show cowardice you show courage
And if they are miserly you give generously and differentiate,

14. How true have you refused the curse that the son of our parted woman has cursed me
Without any crime with my flowing saliva,

15. If I am to be eaten then be the best eater,
Otherwise catch me before I am torn,

16. You have burdened me with the troubles of a people I left,
Unless you save me from the sea I will drown,

17. If they accuse me, help me against them,
And if they hide malice towards me, I will pour war upon them,

18. I am neither their master nor in any pact,
Have I guaranteed anything for them as guarantee necessitates fulfillment,

19. And my opinion of him is that he will not disturb a favour,
Nor turn enemies into him with a fleeing coward,