1. The abode of sovereignty is a protected swordsmanship
Fortified, blessed in its foundation

2. A sword that gladdens you, its sheath and unsheathing
For an evening of Yūsuf and capturing souls

3. It surpassed the elite with conduct and path
Two envied traits as it walked like a chief

4. Its path was virtuous, its lineage sacred
And it ascended with ancestors, elite horsemen

5. Ancestors of masters, it ascended their session
The head of the dais and seat of instruction

6. Had they ruled and renewed with intelligence, no
Repealed inscription of its studied design

7. They instituted generosity so their asking exceeded
Thus their benevolence was harm with the weak

8. And the flowing train of clouds is likened
To its magnanimity and hail of the heathen

9. While the clouds withhold, I cannot compare them
To torrents of hail to the reserved clouds

10. A delight to eloquent tongues, an evening that
Surpassed the horses of night and the wise

11. I glimpsed from the veils of its crown a radiance
I drew for my exquisite soul and peerless

12. I quenched it with a chain of sorcerous wine
Intoxicating to listeners, I offered it as a bride

13. So imbibe it and revel in it, beauty whose
Splendor donned the name of You, best raiment