1. Angry, he forgets me, while I remember him
He sleeps away from Layla, while I stay awake for her

2. With his injustice, nothing prospers for him
While my fortune and that of others prosper

3. If passion was satisfied, that would be enough
I wouldn't have concealed it or revealed it

4. Sorrow was never divided among lovers
Except my share of it was the greatest

5. So I fall into a soul I try to elevate
And I swim in tears I make flow

6. Like a star that never rests
As if a king had chained it in place

7. Bewitching, it captivated minds
Its passion handpicked the most beautiful maidens

8. If the gazelle had not bestowed upon it
Glances from its seducing eyes

9. It came with its wine and its looks
Sobering with absence, intoxicating with presence

10. Red like pure ruby
While most rubies are redder

11. It was this that squeezed its vines
And harvested their bunches early

12. In his cup it faces
Behind the veil, his rival Caesar

13. It's like a fire, they are its kindling
Its towering blaze fuels it

14. This one prayed to it reverently
While that one Christianized it

15. In blossoming scent it is perfumed
As if a perfumer had scented it

16. Its musk equals camphor
And its gold coin pure gold

17. It described a pond it had left us
Green with vegetation at its banks

18. Pure, the wind strides across it
Spilling into it without muddying it

19. Like a cloak its maker
Furls it one time and unfurls it another

20. The prince built honored architecture
The stars cannot equal a tenth of it

21. He named it with the generosity that ennobled
His family and his pulpit

22. It's like Jerusalem or a constellation
Its dignity instilled reverence in it

23. The cloud of wrath has darkened it
While the moon of good news made it luminous

24. It's as if he sees the unseen
And dispatches and delivers command

25. If fingers trembled in caution
The healing of his grip soothed them

26. And if a speaker faltered in anxiety
Confounded, his reasoning failed him

27. It struck the hearing with truth, not aided
By its clarity, his thinking

28. From where no complex meaning obstructs it
Or terms that muddy it

29. And all gracious speech is a lie
Except speech about him you prefer

30. So when his envious foe denied
Its clouds and seas bore witness

31. If he sank in the land with a tumultuous sea
Nothing but the sword could cross it

32. You saw an army of aid alive
When its camp awoke

33. No armor but courage
And nothing but resolve its forgiveness

34. Where the oryx stumbles in the dunes
And the dawn is as obscure as night

35. Its white warriors fell its foes with blows
And its brown ones slay them with stabs

36. The flock of Haditha, since it protected them
Is safe from whoever would startle it

37. If more than it passes and frightens them
The forest repels it with its lion

38. May he live triumphant and have
For him, forever prosperous, his fortune

39. The blessings of his birth exalted
His happiness and purified him

40. Matching his father in generosity and refuge
And portraying him, his mirror and confidant

41. O father of bravery, leader of dew
His vine flourished and its essence prospered

42. God knows how I praise what
You granted me and how I thank you

43. Your call is unforgettable in its promises
So I need not remember it

44. But favor you offer
Is worthier than delaying it

45. And if assistance flows from you
My praise of you overflows it