1. We feel the injustice we suffer,
Regardless of whether it's small or great.

2. Even if the slanderers told you the truth about me,
They would say he is weak and worthless.

3. Some recovered from passion, triumphing over it,
While those unaware of adversity find fault.

4. Those who don't know the fervor of love,
Blame it unaware it's an old, lingering sickness.

5. They sleep while the agony of passion, an uninvited guest, persists.
It neither sleeps nor gives sleep.

6. One night, your apparition visited us,
As the night's skin shone in the dim light.

7. I thought you were lying next to my pillow,
Though you didn't intend to or wish for a meeting.

8. How could you visit from a faraway land,
When no traveling was done, no winds blew?

9. The one you love has a delicate voice
With which he speaks, and an eloquent tongue.

10. His words are precious pearls to us.
His lips yield poised, beautiful pearls.

11. I was alone with him, his essence is pure,
Without blemish, though his appearance is imperfect.

12. For the one I stood before, enchanted by his ruins,
My companions called out as the stars sank.

13. In the darkness, the greens had a chill
Studded with planets and stars.

14. We headed toward him as fervent longing
Drove daggers into our passion's heart.

15. How can you ask about one absent
When the markings cannot inform you?

16. To the most noble king, esteemed and eminent,
No place is inaccessible or denied.

17. Special favor settles over his domain.
And shared bounties shade us all.

18. Like pure, sweet rainwater,
A gentle breeze now disturbs his good nature.

19. His heart harbors no rancor through the night,
Nor does any cloud pass over his serene sky.

20. Before gifts cease, his open hand
Can be seen, satisfying even the needy.

21. If we compare him, thereviewer belittles
The giver, and the squanderer earns blame.

22. Say to those settled in the land's expanse
And nested in the homes of bliss:

23. They occupy every towering mansion,
Where the generous inhabit lofty abodes.

24. Hands that procure whatever they desire
Remain outstretched like tent poles.

25. Kings who have no base side to disparage,
No despicable trait or blemish.

26. Show us the like of him among you,
Who upholds matters as he does.

27. He who bowed the necks with his pride,
And bound the unruly in his firm grip.

28. By God, your daily rising
Takes on ever more monumental tasks.

29. On a bare, lean camel, if confined, a palace.
If racing with worries, a pitch-dark night.

30. Around you, in swirling chaos, are men
Sluggish in their saddles, heavy-laden.

31. In their hands, long sharp swords
That plunge into souls, destroying lives.

32. When enraged, you see death hovering
Over the corpses of the brave among them.

33. The appointed time for slaughter tells
The lasting favor you've shown the world.

34. His clouds poured out good fortune and bounty
The likes of which clouds never bestow.

35. So take your full from him, as every day
You obtain, dear brother, all you request.

36. A life never ending, no death,
And days you cannot blame or fault.

37. Fate bears others, but for your like,
She is barren, and cannot produce your equal.

38. We fear not the turns of fate,
For you are safe from its fluctuations.