1. Rebuking me that I prolonged the wailing,
And poured for separation a copious tear,

2. And the nearest of lovers from his love,
A lover who wept when separated from a beloved.

3. His tear invited hers and her tear invited his,
So their garments were drenched from them.

4. A maiden who cast him with the arrow of her glances,
And extended to him rosy fingers.

5. So he saw in them a delicate gazelle,
And a shining full moon and a delicate branch.

6. And my covenant with her is not to prolong estrangement,
Nor to commit sins against me.

7. Nights when we secretly meet,
In fear we watch for the watcher.

8. And for our beings no lightning has a crevice,
When we call for union of hearts.

9. And how much between me and separation are stops
That kill hearts with a glance of the eyes.

10. When the glance unsheathed its swords,
I armored myself with cool patience.

11. As if I in its confusion am the son of Fahd,
When the day dawned as a difficult day.

12. A young man who undertakes abundant rewards,
Forgiving to who came to him seeking reward.

13. And raises him on the ways of noble deeds,
So he shows through them strange glory.

14. And you meet him smiling and joyous, when
Misfortunes show severity.

15. A generous man, if the seeker of benevolence is disappointed,
His noble deeds forbid us to disappoint.

16. His glance saw what hardens breasts,
So we left him knowing the secrets.

17. Distant, when you seek to attain him,
And yet in generosity near, close.

18. The hunting of kings raised him from Al-Azd,
And he continued to raise the noble from the noble.

19. You are safeguarded by the preservation of noble deeds,
And you continue to extend a vast palm.

20. The merchants of praise flock to you
Chaste virgins who please you in beauty and fragrance.

21. So you have many clouds like perfume
That obtained from praise a southern wind.

22. And an opinion that reveals for the darkness of calamities
A light when calamities exhaust the perceptive.

23. And a defender with the swords of resolve
Who defeated the youth of war with awesome might.

24. You filled his essence with awe,
So he bowed while the heart showed its folds.

25. You clothed noble deeds in the garb of youth,
When they were dressed in old age among us.

26. Taxes you originated in generosity,
So we do not see for you in them an opponent.

27. You delivered me from the hand of disasters,
And settled me in a fertile quarter from you.

28. And you empowered my praise as you empowered
The Hashemites with their sharp swords.

29. And how can I, frequenter of the sea of poetry,
When praisers frequent arid terrain.

30. I am not like one who takes back praise
When the generous man rewards the rewarding one.

31. Adorning another with his praise,
So he sleeps adorned and wakes plundered.