1. I said to Abdullah from my affection
I used to hope for you before you were born

2. By God, you were the most splendid and glorious
I brought you close from my lyre before you could sit

3. Al-Khalil bent his tall spear towards the cradle
I say the transgressor's assault suffices me

4. A lion, even if unleashed, does not attack
As if clothed in coats of mail made of emerald

5. From the brownish hide of a vigilant old lion
Armored in pieces of yellow hyacinth

6. Brave in his solitude and uniqueness
Silent like the bringing together of solid mountains

7. Who prides himself before the lions of lions
With a roar before grasping and threatening

8. And I spoke words that cannot be refuted
I used to water you from my care

9. Purely even if every cloud poured down
The span of my devotion is the length of your youth

10. From the plentiful spring of flourishing youth
See the reward for your familiar return

11. In kind, or excel to be praised
And do not be in the place of the most distant

12. You really do not know what tomorrow holds
And a night expels if it is not expelled

13. And the people plunge towards the watering place
And God does not break the time of appointment

14. Man is spied upon by every watcher
He walks in the rope of affliction and transgresses

15. And ahead of man is his own harm
And be truthful when you speak a word and intend

16. So one who is ignorant cannot be guided
Indeed the fortunate is one who works for the most fortunate

17. And guidance - know it is the path of right guidance
And extra provision is the best stock

18. I saw time in hesitation
Tearing down the passing of smooth youth

19. Like your tearing down the passing of reaped bitterness