1. How strange is he who on the day of purpose is firm,
Yet his love for her stands still immortalized.

2. The travelers journey on, loving one not dead,
Is his heart iron or frozen numb?

3. Of no use was his survival and agony,
Recurring, his trouble multiplied twofold.

4. It is a passion, no doubt one must taste it,
So let him hasten if he's one to be made happy.

5. By my father the riders, above her cheeks
Are pearls adorning moons that are strung.

6. The fawn of the thicket does not complain of her pace,
Nor does the full moon cease beaming at her.

7. A tree leaning over the cheeks of a gazelle,
Its fruits soft hippies with swaying breasts.

8. Of all the excess beauty and her face,
To its brilliance even the shining sun bows.

9. So fair that beauty itself surrendered to her,
Adorned, bejeweled and arrayed.

10. The moon in the glowing sky when it appears,
And when she sings, the birds in the thicket trill.

11. She broke her vows and covenants and turned them
To rejection of what I had grown accustomed to.

12. That is only because the stalk of her figure
Is verdant with the breaths of the morning breeze.

13. And a faultless one from a tribe of Duhl, it saddened her
That time stands still with me and is seated.

14. She said how long will this concealment last,
And when will your hesitant resolve find footing?

15. I said leave me be, and the homelands,
For I have not squatted except at the courted and visited.

16. She said: Is there on earth, without dew, one who can be found
Whose hands' generosity fulfills hopes and wants?

17. Who will protect from disasters and their tyranny?
I answered: the mighty king Muhammed.

18. Al-Dhahir in virtues that cannot be contained,
Al-Nasir in glories that cannot be denied.

19. I pinned my hopes on him profiting
A dutiful son, and I became the most dutiful.

20. I went to him seeking the bounty of his palms
And came to be in his lofty presence sought.

21. From him I drew near in my lowly status,
Today without me steeds race and flee.

22. I was the only one so he turned me away as though
My ancestors were Khalid or Mazyad.

23. Safe from misguidance, enlightened by his light,
Made strong against his enemies by his support.

24. He sheltered the seeker of his glorious path,
And the guided succeeded by his wise counsel.