1. A vision came to me, so very close
Of those far off, traveling a distant road

2. It traveled solo across the desert sands
Bearing sorrows, laden down with woes

3. A visitor in darkness, kind and true
Its guide, its greetings soothed my restless heart

4. It barely found my camp, only for sighs
And moans beyond, which raised the veil a part

5. At the crest of a dune, a towering height
Twisted tracks led all who strayed astray

6. I sold my soul, what a grievous wrong
To seal a pact where the duped one pays

7. Wild goats called from Aamir's tribe, they sang
Their welcome, for the rift was now their den

8. With passes that tear, their voices shrill
Branches that scratch, their bleats cause pain

9. To fight them is to face their brutal blows
To resist their onslaught invites death from their arrows

10. Oh daughter of my people, where is our bond
When good faith for Arabs was tradition

11. How could I be handed to despair
If not for love, which to madness stirs the heart

12. Your passion consumes me, so sickness spreads
For you a hateful, festering, latent disease

13. And so the days passed, how brief was grace
No peace found here for one so filled with woe

14. Who forgets our pact and days of joy
For him, my longing only grows

15. Think me not secretly glad to be apart
Such thoughts betray, disgrace an earnest heart

16. You know me true to our promise and bond
My loyalty to you is firm, cannot be undone

17. Seek not my love through estrangement
For I recoil from coolness, tend to shun

18. I'm like soft rain when we are joined
But when we're split, a rock that cannot melt

19. Think me not a stream that rushes heedless on
I learned from elders to hold my head high

20. They swore our neighbor could do no wrong
No fear of harm dwells with them nigh

21. The unfortunate they help in times of drought
The afflicted they cover in days of rain

22. Their dust is homeland, where their feet trod
Is sacred earth, scented sweet, golden and saffron

23. My people victorious, your glory pure
Clear on days of pride for honest hearts

24. You outshine all tribes, most noble race
The gentry, while others are base peasants

25. At your hearth, fruits are sweet, water fresh
Your dawns fair, when with others they are cruel

26. Charmer of virtues, your tender cheek
Like the crescent moon, glows bright, worriless

27. Your spirited steed roams the desert sands
Seeking bounty in every land, failing the blind

28. Don attire of journey, the palace needs
One whose compassion frees the fettered mind

29. Where the meadows are verdant, water flows free
For those who ask, a spring that never runs dry

30. Look to none but him, he shall guarantee
Your efforts successful, beneficent guide

31. From him you will gain a sea, have heights ringed
To him the orphan, destitute cling

32. A rider whose purebred is of Indian strains
The freed are his whites, steeds his bright greens

33. A dawn's first glow outshines the morning star
Serene is he, peace his salutations bear

34. In war he dons reason's coat of mail
No armor ever fortified so well

35. His resolve guides the sword of his will
To smite those souls that to evil kneel

36. His sword comes from hands that shine bright
His coat of mail wrought from the steel of his heart

37. If he draws back or attacks, neither lion pounces
Nor does the rain cloud retreat in the skies

38. Upon his noble brow, his crown gleams
A cypress for crowns, straight and proud

39. His words favor action, generosity flows
When he sets out to give from an open hand

40. My aide in adversities, those who helped are few
You shielded my worth from those who give no alms

41. Whose festivals boast barren, vulgar wealth
While fat and fertile, they deny the poor

42. God forbid that I condone their praise
A thing so precious, it cannot be cheaply sold

43. Shall I covet the gift of one so base
And court any whose nature is not sound?

44. The false lightning now endorses your slander
Though you speak truth, they call you a liar

45. With hands profane, they pledge an evil vow
While the honorable avert their gazes, angered

46. Greed consumes them, endless as the crazed lust
Of Majnoon for his Layla's locks, adorned

47. As if the virtuous converse with the vile
Nonsense, not words, cross their lips, obscure

48. But hands that give plentiful as rain
Washing away in charity my troubles

49. True to the promise, those years of bounty
You renewed as my blessings flowed from your palms

50. Each year they came, so many kind favors
The years passed, but not your friendly gifts

51. My shelter from want throughout my life
My fortress protecting in times of strife

52. Think not without them, I cower in fear
Or seek refuge, those days have long passed

53. In their fine garb, I appear so elegant
Eyes follow in pleasure wherever I go

54. Day or night their splendor veils me safe
Impregnable citadels, fortresses sound

55. Hear her story, a maiden who bears
Subtle meanings - her words give support

56. Praise as beautiful as gardens in bloom
So grasp the height of immortality

57. Backed by triumph and steadfast success
Equaling the station of Moses, supported by Aaron

58. Since you named him the crown, the crescent has dreamed
To adorn that forehead greeting the dawn

59. Stay your course, keep both your sons near
As the turtle-doves dwelt while leaves turned green

60. The brilliance of faith, if we speak of might
None can match him, his power is secure

61. I summon his magnanimity and valor
He responds, strong and faithful friend

62. The flame of faith, his visage parts the fray
Shadows recede from his shining light

63. In his cloak's folds lies dormant a spark
To kindle the flames that render darkness asunder

64. Be resolute, your victory is ordained
Since the babe suckled, the child grew in the womb