1. My nights darkened by the gloom of sorrow,
My days brightened by the bliss of comfort.

2. Yet my love for an idol misguides me -
Nothing exposes me more than his darting glances.

3. My falling tears trace his arched eyebrows,
Woe to me from eyebrows that make tears flow!

4. My passion! Keep your distance, avert your eyes,
I think not that you'll be saved from this flood of tears.

5. Beauty has draped his cheeks, so your only choice,
Is the lamp of his cheeks that inflame hearts.

6. Restrain your blame, pursue his love,
Let your passions run free after restraint.

7. Apportion poetry, place in his beauties,
Fragments of necklaces, and gift garlands to crowns.

8.
The ever-flowing generosity in us is unceasing,

9. Our shifting state parts from us after distress.
You see wealth flowing from his fingers,

10. Like foam atop tumultuous waves.
And these horizons find safety at dawn

11. After terror and tremors through his justice.
His principles appear between homelands

12. Like stars glittering between towers.
In his grasp, a pen - needless to elaborate -

13. That writes wealth and unravels dilemmas.
An arrow to execute affairs for those who desire,

14. Yet a target for the aspiring supplicant.
When matters become critical, look to the minarets

15. For the disruptor of stillness and the rouser of crowds.
No bounty is lost upon him from any endeavor,

16. Nor any weaver of meanings upon his tapestries.
O poetry calling in every region

17. Seeking the desired aim of the needy refuge.

18. Aspiring to the gates of the crown of faith, for it
Has a path of virtue, pure of any blame.

19. Destitution and poverty have gathered
To my state, like a plague and hot fever.

20. Answering me openly and in secret-
Affection and sustenance calling to all in need.

21. When he made the first call I heard-
I wore my cloak and hurried my steps.

22. The clouds of his condition met the barrenness of mine
And replaced the sorrow of my thoughts with joy.

23. The sustenance continued until I no longer thought
That I, at his gates, was one who attained salvation.

24. He who bears his praises to the Mahdi
As jewels that his inclusion placed among necklaces.