1. If separation is due to boredom with routine
My determination is more compassionate in conduct

2. And which youth before or after falling in love
Wishes for what he fears and is cautious of

3. Neither my longing, remoteness, nor weeping cease
Nor the loss of a loved one however pleasant and beloved

4. I fail while an incapable finds success
Perseverance never lacks triumph and blessings

5. Among the youth is one who disdains
Me and him from the Chapter of Might first I recite

6. I conceal and reveal my passion the day of his farewell
As if I am a prisoner bound by tax I abide

7. He sees patience more becoming so he obeys it
And the love of life urges him so he is restless

8. You did not tire me with determination or
With fanciful ambitions make me a fool

9. As if I called upon the wolf in Nejd for a ewe
That yesterday grazed its outskirts so it was torn

10. I ask about it when a gazelle rivaled it
So it passed by its tracks oozing

11. Every lover laments his burning passion
But silence and resolve did not suit me

12. If only praise of Damascus’ land
Would inspire people’s minds and treat gently

13. Its desolate prairie where the gentle breeze blows
Exudes fragrance as it passes unfettered

14. Its blossoms in spring surpassing whiteness
Radiant in the morning and charming at eve

15. I detect in its eyelids the tattoos of sorrow
I stay up with it as night turns to dawn unfazed

16. That vigor which I had has betrayed me
Wearied, complaining, scorched, and fatigued

17. The length of woes brought me down to a land
Where the pure wine keeps me sleepless

18. It lacks musk and camphor's diffusion is hindered
The morning breeze makes one perspire

19. A playground for the blows of fate, it seems
I am there for a reason unlike all people

20. And I have different mounts which I made
Instruments for my pleasure as events knock

21. One for striking, one for stabbing,
One for traveling, and one for galloping

22. They are skillful when I kept them
An artisan, and ragged when we parted

23. They are adept when I accompanied them
Veering from the plain as flags flap

24. It unfurled its canopy on the sun
Glittering with stars shining bright

25. Woe to it, if it cleared at the peak
While the greatest looks down on peaks aloof

26. When at ease what good are blessings
If they are disturbed by flies gathering

27. A prowling wolf envied it, circulating
Informing about the unseen, and he speaks true

28. Its steeds remain at the borders of the lands
Their weapons suspended, polished iron

29. They destroyed Jurjan's bridges but not Akub's
Which glowed in their chests radiant

30. And one like you, O sufficient patron
Returned them racing the eyes so preceding

31. The distance between Khuwar and Amal
Is narrow, while the atmosphere is even narrower

32. Kinship is severed except by executioners
Who ambush on the flanks of men and flap

33. And victory alongside courage in Mushakkarah
Where the fish hawk contends veering

34. As if the birds' backs below its nest
A peacock's train, though they are groomed

35. And it did not know that the town surrendered its Lord
With a lofty wall and moat surrounding

36. It saw it transcending its marsh so it imagined it
To be a herd of horses in the meadow

37. And it did not harm it that in its galloping
Were the tips of spears toward its chest protruding

38. Be patient O son of Fayruzan, for such is
The way of fate with man, so very mocking

39. Man is too little for it except for his talk
And which talk does not bore so one yawns?

40. As if nothing will be after what has transpired
So do not let this futile imagining deceive me

41. I left you half the sanctuary and you
Entered its outskirts furtively sneaking

42. The closest enemy to the she-camel is its brother
When the curve of its neck bends as it walks

43. I seek refuge from you both, and both
Have betrayal in the twisting of the rope

44. His eye sleeps on it while his tongue
Lies against the eye though the eye is more honest

45. You did not crave hatred until you wearied of it
The vanguard of death terms sipping little by little

46. He alone survived the flood in the ark
Though just born or even just weaned

47. O wise counselor Ismail your patience
Earns the gratitude and choking of enemies

48. Laughing with a bright face, he lifts his mouth
From frivolity, neither sullen nor fawning

49. The loftiness of fate suffices to oblige his praise
While the crowned pigeon needs no collar

50. Radiant is the shine of his forehead, his clothes
Raiments of Rait or an old Dhilas torn

51. He has lasting morals in poverty and riches
And nothing corrupts morals like pretending

52. I saw him intervene between disputants
As the awe of the sparkling blade intervenes

53. At a predicament where tongues forget decency
So they fall silent while duties speak

54. You clarified through him the misguidance and guidance
As the parting of hair clarifies what crowns the head

55. Far apart is an arrow piercing the heart
And another brushing the sides of limbs and darting

56. He surely defeated enemies with wisdom and strength
Silent about the length of resentment contemplating

57. They plumbed the depth you seek
Alas! Your depth is far deeper

58. Do you not see me gain praise while professing
Though not all who seek praise will be granted?

59. I avoid gifts that are flashy
And the chance encounter does not please me

60. Though I never lacked glory entirely
I know living with you is far more favorable

61. Perhaps later days will unite us
And the River Herun will join its waters