1. A branch with leaves of beauty comes to mind
Yet nothing but your love occupies my heart

2. Watered by the nectar of your youth and my tears
It bears fruit in your beauty and my aching heart

3. The excellence of Joseph, his noble traits
And Jacob's son - the poems bear witness

4. Adornment of this world, its crown and glory
Secrets are kept, virtues broadcast

5. No flaws but drops of dew enslaved
Soft praise though you're a free man

6. Your mist would linger constantly with me
But lingering mist does nothing to change things

7. Sorrows kept coming and maybe
Relief will come, even increase

8. Branches of longing - my heart takes flight
To you, filled with love and passion

9. I'm described with elegy epithets in my misery
No wonder circles keep turning against me

10. I pine for you in every valley of sorrow
Though I'm the Caliph's son's own poet

11. A prince of God's chosen line
With his pen and sword - commanding, forbidding

12. Settled in Damascus' singing dales
Our hopes sheltered, east and west

13. Ever thus, O son of piety and leadership
A strength when we see you or call

14. And he recounts true tales of praise
Gifts to us - your comforts and strength