1. A beloved has distanced, though he's intimate and true
The axis of my longing left barren, no rain anew

2. One close is far when meeting's hopeless to pursue
Though near, he's distant, and the range is far, yet due

3. Gentle am I to his coarse soul and heart so crude
I'd blame him if he'd gently shepherd whom he spewed

4. The just measure of manners is disturbed and askewed
Pearls his mouth, neck rubies that dissolve imbued

5. He surpasses a frowned, kohl-lined eye in his bow
Bushy his eyebrows, lashes his feathers, curved bow

6. He sought excuses in flood, as though it were
Ambergris dissolved on his cheeks so fair

7. In his temples moles grew that diminish the crescent
When it first appears, watched by gazelles pheasant

8. Scorpions crept to his cheeks' breadth, in that face pleasant
So they steal my heart, evilly thieving pleasant

9. I marveled at his lids when his illness subdued them
They recovered, while my body by their pain subdued

10. At his waist, how lithe, while his hips and shoulders feuded
As they pulled, though graceful, strongly colluded

11. I pined for him until my love-songs were fashioned
And the jealous enemy arrows at me passioned

12. I wasn't one to grieve over fortunes new fashioned
But the sway of passion is never outmatched

13. Burdens of longing, hard; chains of eyelids, chained
Loads of passion, solid; for their goals arduously gained

14. Can I be saved from the illness of this ardent strained?
My paths are straitened; I'm painfully constrained

15. I've tasted life's times, easy and tribulation
I've tried until experience honed my valuation

16. How many nights alone! No moon segregated
Nor stars to illuminate those benighted

17. Their darkness I split; no friend had I fated
Save my resolve, my only companion rated

18. By a fire whose flames were writhing snakes mated
On the sands, trails left by them recently slithered

19. An ocean deep that maidens with backs reaching over
Yet they, my confidantes, their glances bend lower

20. An ocean of generosity, hands that cover
Beside it, all oceans and wonders uncover

21. A king who never gave but clouds rushed recover
In shyness and fear of his generous fervor

22. A full moon whose face shined, greeting well-wishers
When entourages came, all jubilance delivered

23. He attained the highest rank, most prestigious guise
The lowest of its range, planets cannot devise

24. From his voice, every day, wonders so surprising
From his actions, in praise, marvels tantalizing

25. A knight whose steed is his integrity rising
Wealth poured makes lavish riders embarrassing, despising

26. Doubled and redoubled until their specks comprising
Were like the gazelles' eyes, intently comprising

27. The minutiae of thought he sees, all comprising
In problems the outcomes clearly comprising

28. I came to him, while time was against me comprising
My woes, and my paths were shut comprising

29. To raise my worth and silence those criticizing
And I would rise as they fell from grace comprising

30. No palm did I see condemning, from grace rising
No frown or contempt in his features comprising

31. We cut through the night toward Ibn Hurra's prize
The water-carriers gathered; he was the rich supplier

32. To the purest lineage, some ancestry undiluted
Cannot diminish the glory he contributed

33.
He summoned two stars, while the jewels embedded

34. Were like a belt round him, studded and threaded
He refused, though he wanted, like an untouched wedded

35. While some doubting minds falsely speculated

36. He's not lightly shaken, however strong his base rooted
Though hosts may multiply, by his might reputed

37. And I advise them to flee toward his reckoning suited
To safety, for advice in faith is reputed

38. You remained, and how you've honored pulpits reputed
How many gained pride when you were saluted