1. The night that we spent on the mountain slope,
Would have been prolonged had the morning light tarried.

2. Our embrace swayed like two branches amidst
The fresh verdure and bloom of youth.

3. Accustomed were they to the wine being passed around,
And to the blossoming garden of delightful tales.

4. Do not deny the throbbing of an ardent heart,
Startled by the snorting of the shy gazelles.

5. A virtuous day it was, that quenched
The burning thirst with its plentiful showers.

6. The nights hurry by, departing with pleasant living,
Swifter than the fleetest of steeds.

7. When the whims of yearning stir within me,
And the fond memories of the past return.

8. Many a hand she clasped with mine,
Passing the ruby-red wine between us.

9. I disclosed my passion, intoxicated with love,
Content, betraying no hint of deception.

10. Days when my cloak used to drag behind me,
Scorned by the self-righteous and the ascetic.

11. Gardens that captivated me with their cool shade,
As if their creeping plants exuded ambergris.

12. The breeze blowing through them was as though
It drew its excess from robes of camphor.

13. Hearts in that abode throbbed amongst themselves
Like the fluttering standards of rain-laden clouds.

14. In every secluded nook, veiled
By luminous lightning, brilliant and flashing.

15. Challenged by thunderous voices,
Passing amidst the warbling and the roaring.

16. The bubbly shards of its lightning crackled,
Ripping through the pregnant clouds, yellow and blue.

17. The garden shimmered 'neath the sparkling dewdrops
Dotted with flowers, bejeweled and embroidered.

18. Treachery lurked in its corners,
Like silver coins dazzling in their dispersal.

19. As if it had unveiled for the blossoming of its flowers,
The palm of a generous prince, perfumed and hennaed.

20. A king who, when he stretched out his five fingers
In munificence, released five seas of generosity.

21. You would meet him on a day of calamity, a tested warrior;
And on a day of peace, a prince of the pulpit.

22. His clouds weep while his good tidings smile -
His cheer excels even the cheerful.

23. Branching out from a starry ancestry,
He and magnanimity have a common root.

24. He forced the hand of fate; his swords ruptured
The arrogance of the despots.

25. Like a shooting star, he illuminated a group of people,
While striking another group, targeting them.

26. Noble, to those who oppose him, he says, "Be dejected";
And eminent, to those who rival him, he says, "Be defeated".

27. And a hand that equals people in its goodness -
The hand of the destitute reaches it, and the wealthy.

28. O pillar of pillars, your length has conquered the conquerors,
Your carpenter has affixed the stars.

29. Adorned with a collar that circles all praise,
Clad in the fur coat of perfections, embellished.

30. The loftiest temptation on the battlefield,
The word of swords splitting open the breastplate of amnesty.

31. A noble one whose weapons clamor -
His blows like a cleaver's, his thrusts like a skewer's.

32. Abu Al Hayja's quarter was blessed by your grace,
A thread attached to you, lasting seven eras.

33. And Tayyiba's breeze quenched you, as though
The Kawthar's goblets were tilting towards you.

34. I stayed up the night you were upset with me,
And tasted no sleep - for how can one sleep when blamed?

35. Had you not hidden your face from me, I would not
Have endured the advent of such an ugly incident.

36. When blamed by the likes of you, composure deserts me -
I cannot restrain myself or exercise patience.

37. You forget the many praises I adorned you with,
Lasting forevermore, for as long as life remains.

38. Laudations dawn upon you, lovers at dawn,
And they leave you, extractors, at dusk.

39. Rejections that blossomed and spread - as though
Their leaves were inscribed with musky saffron.

40. Yet I have not earned your anger by any wrongdoing,
Nor did I boycott you to deserve boycott.

41. Rather, I have mounted great sins,
And I hope for your pardon. So forgive me and excuse me!

42. Indeed, my cheek was deliberately struck by his arrows,
By a calumniator who deliberately disgraced me.

43. O master of affairs! I called upon you, grateful -
Whether you grant or deny, your action is appreciated.

44. And you who are granted success by your support -
Even if others gain dominance tomorrow, they will not be granted success.

45. Mars sparked its misfortunes,
While Jupiter's fortunes disappeared for him.

46. Misfortunes whose flames encircled him,
The fires of the white swords, or the sparks of the brown.

47. The blond one threw him with her coldness, as though
It could withstand the valiant, brisk steed.

48. She pelts with the red embers, as if
Her sides were being pelted with red roses.

49. She draped over him, touching,
Some yellow silk - in between adorned and embroidered.

50. For time is astonished at what has befallen him -
That the lesser hell did not shatter him.

51. It was an affliction that had been the burnisher
Of a balanced one, or the polish of an educated one.

52. A crown whose brilliance returned
After eclipse, like the full moon's separation from the beholder.

53. Or like the sword - burnishing its blade
Until pure water trickled from its jewels.

54. Indeed, when glory is attained gradually,
Purity is achieved, and the appearance becomes fresher.

55. So let the enemies suppress or be grateful,
Since they plotted that which was not destined.