1. Your rejection taught sleep to reject
And renewed for passion a new pact

2. You wearied, so generosity from you retreated
And had you been fair, stinginess would have turned generous

3. Our farewell made tenderness anew
And brought us closer, though from afar

4. So cheeks caress cheeks in intimacy
And necks embrace necks in fervor

5. My glancing eyes dress in coy glances
Cloaking ardent lovers in cool reserve

6. I contend for the mantle, and if he recoils
A tender companion contends with rejection

7. I lost composure only to keep intact
Passion’s pledges within this love

8. No sooner had the bonds of tears come undone
Than it was adorned with beads of his tears

9. Watering a garden, renewing my coyness
Raising it, creating patience anew

10. Alive, making the meadow lovelier
When its lightning and fuel increase

11. How we made the breaths of a youth soar
Watering the ground with his tears

12. Fortune met my hopes of success
And my woeful days turned auspicious

13. Saying behold this generous son of Fahd
I gained nights growing ever longer

14. A youth who benefits at dusk
And thrives from praise at dawn

15. Springtime of generosity, constantly bestowing
A springtime of his generous essence

16. Wanting to increase glory upon the Heights
Or build upon its lasting heritage

17. He saw the visage of the Heights as beautiful
So he awoke among the Heights a firm leader

18. He returned his gift to me, the choicest of gifts
Ever replenished for those who seek it

19. He extended over it the shade of his sword
So it shelters the Heights in lasting shade

20. His generosity made the woeful happy
And his might made the prosperous woeful

21. The luminous stars wearied of wonders
That repeat their renown forever

22. Your gathering made a market for culture
Renewing its renown for all time

23. Well-wishers’ hopes of you increased
Announcing to the Heights throngs to come

24. So much you fulfilled when you were sought
Fulfilling for this era its threats

25. When did I honor another with my praise
Donning with your praise an honored mantle?

26. How many chaste virgins you have
Rivalling beauties arrayed in necklaces

27. Beauties unveiled only to glancing eyes
Permitting only whispers and cheeks

28. In words that hearts see as pure
Though eyes view them as dark

29. Immortalized, prolonging enemies' sorrow
And securing your heights’ eternity

30. I preoccupied people with them, bewildered
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