1. The fever reminds me of the days of union,
And the days of youth and those dear to me,

2. Salma and her health that he adored,
Na'ima and the bliss that knows no end,

3. Hassari a withering branch I would bend,
Qatfi a rose in full bloom I'd tend,

4. Rashfi where smiles appear on lips that rend,
Shammi where hearts in passion apprehend,

5. I'd leave ascetism in days that extend,
Reject devotion when storms northward send,

6. Love to sip ruby wine that time can't amend,
Where pebbles and wine in the mix transcend,

7. To shake the boughs in heedless life I'd bend,
At noon where palm shade its relief does lend,

8. Now from life's sap I perspire and distend,
When thoughts ebb my way and cares to me wend,

9. I summon regrets, where's my patience friend?
I stir up sorrows, how's my state to mend?

10. Melting inside, my color starts to bend,
My eyelids bloodshot, nights leur havoc rend,

11. My cheeks now saffron, but I don't apprehend,
Echoing the rose, dual-colored I pretend,

12. Can the days of union return and time amend?
Can the beloved forget the ways she would offend?

13. For bankrupts, wishing is all they can extend,
For dreamers, imagining is all they can apprehend,

14. Poetry within withers, the darkness descend,
Struggling, the meters my heart fragment and rend,

15. A stitch creeps in, gray hairs first append,
Another stitch burns, like embers that impend,

16. It fears the flames so does itself defend,
Casting no shadow, it cannot apprehend,

17. Dark youth is now illuminated and does amend,
Will those days return, their sweet memory I lend,

18. Will absence forget, and beauty time not offend?
Those melodies will live, those nights ascend,

19. Starry-eyed, leisurely, tail long append,
Soothes my desperate soul, sharpens my apprehend,

20. Inspires my mind to creative thoughts it does bend,
Releases my tongue that was tied in a defend,

21. I excessively praise Abu Ali I commend,
A lion in might, his glory has no end,

22. A ship in bounty, from his rain all descend,
High his honor, on plentiful wealth depend,

23. Loaning ears to musical tones that attend,
His cheek's musk makes rose perfume transcend,

24. His lips' rose with beauty's mark he does amend,
For caravan vast shelter he does extend,

25. Forbidden, he sanctifies what God did intend,
His humility makes his virtues ascend,

26. His eloquence reveals Jesus' wise amend,
His lines sieve the right from pretend,

27. Surpassing arrows that to targets wend,
In healing green, men's vision they mend,

28. Balanced in right, from wrongs they defend,
No flaws but those the perfect cannot apprehend,

29. Blessings to the Prophet they send,
God's power through them all comprehend,

30. His pillar stands firm, mountains it does transcend,
When he sips his wine, ears to music attend,

31. A cup in his hand slightly tilted does portend,
A bag in his other, blessings he does extend,

32. If his cheeks light the sun, gazelles apprehend,
His soul regards fame the best wealth to spend,

33. Casting it to neglect, like birds their eggs defend,
I served you with loyalty that will never end,

34. To you I came, not to kin I attend,
Your meadows of glory from my praises ascend,

35. Oasis fruits from which all draw and amend,
Many verses before you I extend,

36. Yet my place never makes my words offend,
My art is proof, like Moses I defend,

37. When I speak truth, imagination does apprehend,
Days probed me like steeds ropes do apprehend,

38. To your door I clung, protected I extend,
You raised me high, though low was my descend,

39. Live as long as you wish, your enemies apprehend,
Stay as long as you dream, your friends attend,

40. Take in your circle of bliss crescent moons that append,