1. The dark eyes were not stirred,
Until the arrows of fate struck them.

2. The gazelles of the valley looked at us from Mudhar,
So the archers of arrows targeted us from Thu'al.

3. The swaying hips shook for us,
So we feared the decline of the dynasty.

4. With my soul, the flock of birds nesting
In my heart forms a crescent of shining stars in confusion.

5. By Allah, I have not forgotten the visit of Zawra,
And the night seduced the eye of the sun with kohl.

6. The nights we had in the past,
And the youthful days of old.

7. If not for the love of his brilliant mouth,
Those gems would not have poured from my eyes on the ruins.

8. I was not stirred by lightning in his smile,
Nor did I harvest the honey of flirtation.

9. We are a people who offer whiteness,
And we have no share in receiving whiteness.

10. We sheathe the swords if they appear,
And fear them if they slip from the scabbard.

11. Arrows come out from us, not penetrating us,
Unless they are tempered with kohl.

12. A sun whose ascension is at the peak of beauty,
Rising in the land of the lion, not the lamb.

13. A sun of Roman gold, guarded
By stars of Indian iron, never setting.

14. Intoxicated eyelids, their kohl never fading,
As the coquetry repeats confusion in them.

15. Without it, the unsheathed swords would turn back,
If the gaze attempted to reach it, it would not arrive.

16. I tore through the darkness to get to it, reaching
Its lanterns above the bent reed-stalks.

17. Until when I kissed the roses and its
Languid narcissus eyes opened for me,

18. A gazelle embraced me and kissed me
With lightning, and the branch swayed to me in the ornaments.

19. And she greeted me with good news while
Blushing like the rose colors bashfulness.

20. She said, "Do you not fear death from its swords?"
I said, while my heart cannot be folded over anxiety,

21. "If I avoided the stoning of the swords' arrows,
I would not have attained at night the embrace of the sun among the tulips.

22. None attains glory but a man
Who cleaves the sea of misery to extract the essence of hope.

23. And none reaches the heights except a gallant
Who tramples the thorns of heights without sandals."

24. He turns away stinginess with generosity at times of scarcity,
And prevents opinion from leading to missteps.

25. Crowned with night musk, lofty in whiteness, bringing together
Separated in taste between legitimacy and sweetness.

26. A leader, when matters get serious, he plans for it
An opinion like the sharp sword of the victorious hero.

27. Vanquisher of the swords, darkener of battlefields, whitener
Of generosity, green of dew's freshness.

28. Star of pride, flame of shooting, full moon on the day of battle,
Sun of kingdoms, sun of earth and wrappings.

29. Diver of dark depths, where above the path
Are white plains like shadows.

30. A necklace worn by the age's neck,
So the age's essence in it became worthless.

31. The eyelids of time rested in it,
And through it the faces of states smiled.

32. He is the answer that responded to the question,
Like Abd Allah or like Ali.

33. Knower of might, he does not cease to appear
In the mind's eye, connected to the heart of the era.

34. O you whose rains are copious, shorten,
For the seas' floods are not like embers.

35. Look at him and you will see a lion, a lofty sun,
And a sea of generosity that God has made burst forth in a man.

36. Alas! Glory will not find a peer like him
Except if it closes its eyes to change.

37. When the bow of generosity prepares a day of dew,
It shoots arrows of gifts at the forehead of stinginess.

38. From helping the loyal neighbor, aware of them,
And lodging them on the plateaus of honor and plenty.

39. By the lightning of Indian and its rising
With a cheek of the people, from their protectors.

40. Were it not for you, the land of Hijaz would have suffered
An earthquake that casts down the pillars of God's religion in abandonment.

41. You came to it after it almost collapsed with us,
And the tooth of affairs almost decayed in senility.

42. It settled with your rule until its sayer said,
"You are sanctified, O pillar of glory from the mountain."

43. You balanced the course of the kingdom, so it straightened
Forcibly, and you corrected its deviations from truth.

44. How many times the Bedouins denied your glory
And shot in the bow of discord the arrows of slander and dispute!

45. But their arrows did not strike you - rather,
Their own bodies were wounded with injuries of disgrace and failure.

46. They unsheathed a sword of tyranny, but you opposed them
With forbearance, which returned the tyrant's sword to its sheath.

47. You cast at them the staff of upright opinion when
They cast at you the ropes of deceit and tricks.

48. By Allah, had they not desisted from their misguidance,
The army would have been at their vanguard.

49. So reform their corruption with your sublime management,
And rectify with your view what you find of cracks.

50. You are the hope for relieving afflictions from us
When fate bares its strong teeth.

51. God has singled us out in sanctifying your essence
With generosity that transcends peers and likenesses.

52. My master, your blessings have not ceased
To hover over the loyalists with pouring rain.

53. You have showered us with robes until I imagined
The cloudbursts have showered us with replacement.

54. Thanks for your making from a sprinkling rain,
The meadow of silk appeared on bodies and eyelids.

55. The feast's pride suffices that it be said about it,
"You have delighted, O master of days and eternity."

56. The feast is one day whose return is a year,
While you are a feast for all days without end.

57. If it is called the Feast of Breaking Fast in naming,
You are called the Feast of Generosity and Lavishness.

58. So may its joy from your cheerful face rejoice
In a perfect crescent with the light of grace fulfilled.

59. And seek it as the elation of expressions together
In beauty transcending the beauty of the first seven.

60. You have not ceased at the peak of honor, raised,
Dragging the train of glories from Jupiter.