1. The dawn broke upon the darkness
And the string of stars came undone

2. So greet with joy and drink!
Greet with clapping and drink!

3. When the old man takes a sip from his cup
He becomes livelier than a youth in an instant

4. If you blame me one day, my friend
Blame me for my love of wine

5. Stop blaming me for my revelry
For you have startled me with blame

6. Oh, my friend, I am love-sick
Help me heal my love-sickness!

7. And oh, Najdi breeze, convey
To Sulaima my greetings and peace

8. If only I could see her beautiful face
Appear to me someday in a dream

9. I cannot forget when traveling with the caravan
I spoke to the gazelle eyes that pierce my soul

10. Your leanness is unmatched in the waist
And your sickness is unmatched in the eyelids

11. Sul`a's streams have quenched the thirst
And brought to me her doves as gifts

12. I cried but no leaf in the wine flask wept
Thinking I was suffering its torment

13. Had love not caused my eyes to weep
I could have concealed it perfectly

14. How can I endure when my tears
Express my love-sick burning heart?

15. My intense longing did not decrease at all
Seeing the full moon's serene face

16. Your love creeps through my soul
Like termites creeping through bones

17. I was loyal to those who broke their vows
But loyalty in water has no constancy

18. I wish the Maliki judges had barred the way
When they gave their verdict - I'd have kept my vow!

19. I endured events with the patience of a freeman
Who sees through patience the fulfillment of hopes

20. And I told myself, excusing -
But my words were more untrue than daggers

21. The white of wrists, not the tan of forearms
And the gaze of a flock, not the edge of a sword

22. I concealed my love while accused of it
And I had no strength to conceal it fully

23. How could I when my streaming tears
Express my burning, passionate heart?

24. My yearning for Sulaima does not decrease at all
When her radiant full moon face appears

25. Your love creeps through my soul
Like ants creeping through bones

26. I fulfilled a vow though others broke vows
But loyalty in water has no permanence

27. I wish the Maliki judges had stopped
When they gave their verdict - I'd have kept my vow!

28. I endured events with the patience of a free man
Who sees through patience the attainment of hopes

29. And I told myself, excusing –
But my words were more false than daggers

30. I will praise, in Mahmud's presence
The outcome of matters fraught with perils

31. And find Him sufficient, apart
From all others, as rocks suffice for shields

32. And I hope His care will soon
Grant me the aims of my hopes

33. His clouds have sprinkled till
Flowers bloomed in speech

34. So relate to me his generous deeds
For tales of the generous delight me!

35. When you come with talk of his munificence
I find his munificence like pouring rain

36. I only discussed the most illustrious
And told of nothing but the protector

37. He is of keener intellect than flint
And his palm is cooler than clouds

38. His opinions, when carried out,
Are the most effective of arrows

39. He sees doing good as obligatory
Like those who see prayer and fasting as prescribed

40. Gratitude stood over him eternally
Never to be acquitted till Judgment Day

41. Quick to give generously when called to goodness
Yet slow indeed is he to take revenge

42. His hands broke wealth, giving freely
Leaving no remnants in their grasp

43. Hopes of him crowded and thronged
At his door, pressing without cease

44. Choose what you wish and ask – you will be given
By the Prophet's son, best of all people

45. Be sure your need will be fulfilled
If you see but a smile from him

46. Brother of lofty aspirations that discuss affairs
And obtain spoils like plunging seas

47. His glory truly ascended to the highest place
And the abode of the glorious is sublime

48. Your beauty resides in every land
And your name roams the horizons

49. You are a sea on the day of munificence
And your sea always floods the ages

50. From your munificence – how many floods burst forth
But your flood of munificence overwhelms all floodwaters