1. He rose to bid her farewell, while the cold of night was prevailing,
With wine that gathered no sorrow,

2. So it was like snow melting in intense heat,
Or like fire kindled in the heart of water.

3. He threaded the wine with raisins,
And studded the rubies with well-arranged pearls.

4. Wondrous is the drink, how it soured
Faces smiling from the drinking of refreshed wind.

5. At times life is sweetened by it, and in
The like of it epochs blamed are praised.

6. O my people, who of you has seen before it
Before this, a light embodied?

7. It is a secret that prevented the secret of darkness
In the heart of night from being concealed.

8. It came forth in its time, until indeed
It almost told us of what preceded.

9. How sweet is the wind a man drinks
From the hands of the heart's loved ones.

10. Like a stick of eaglewood, how it bends,
Of straight stature like the straightened spear.

11. The full moon shone its face upon us,
So we knew the full moon had reached its peak.

12. Babylonian of glance, sweet of saliva,
Although in passion for it I suffer.

13. An angel not softened to youth, yet who
Is characteristic of angels to grieve and show mercy.

14. My oppressors in love are just, so wonder,
O my people, at oppressors who complain of oppression.

15. Give it to me, my friend, coffee,
That dyes the cups with permanent brown dye.

16. And seize any possible opportunity for it,
Before it fruitlessly passes or you regret.

17. In gardens the created paired,
So they coupled the dinar with the dirham.

18. And be obediently abstinent regarding blame for it,
For the pleasure of the soul, and intimacy of soul is more binding.

19. Do you see the burden of it too great?
He does not know that God's pardon is greater.

20. The most pleasant life is what you spend
With a fair one, communing with intimacy and bliss.

21. So indulge in it until clarity emerges
From the glooms of dusk that were darkest.

22. For at dawn, following the darkness,
You will see a flashing scimitar staining with blood.

23. Or it was like two racers of the hippodrome
A bay followed the tracks of a dappled grey.

24. Dawn raised its banner for us
And night took charge of the vast army.

25. What a night it was, in whose wings
Revelry in it was made licit, all taboos untied.

26. The cups danced from rapture,
And the doves cooed melodiously.

27. The lute spoke secrets of passion,
So we fell silent while the songs kept speaking.

28. We reckoned that when it brought delight,
It eloquently praised ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī.

29. From us to his eminence
Continued praise that is collected and wealth distributed.

30. The prosperous he appointed over his wealth,
While regarding what it desires, it holds sway.

31. Thus was it, and still is so,
For it is a tradition from the epoch of Akhzam.

32. If we look at the gentleness of his nature,
We would reckon him a breeze inhaled.

33. He is like a garden the rainwatered life,
Pleasant to look upon, fragrant with aromatic scent.

34. My eye has not been delighted but by his appearance,
In it I cease not to be rescued from grief.

35. His pens whitened the face of prosperity,
If the face of prosperity is blackish-ashen.

36. And they arbitrated in dispute, so that indeed
They rent with the rending of the spear in the adversary's brain.

37. An inspired one who knows what will come of affairs,
If he wishes, while some people are inspired.

38. That one, covering his firebrand, restraining prohibition,
If he casts, he blinds, and if he is generous, he overwhelms.

39. And when an order is ambiguous on high,
His opinions uncover every ambiguous thing.

40. For you soared the fame
That whenever it blazed in the regions, it stoked.

41. You and rain are racers of the hippodrome,
Just as you are the equal of the sublime.

42. How much sweet, delicious, from you
We attained, like snake- cascading not but bitter and astringent.

43. And we reached the objective from your hands,
A right hand, indeed your beneficence is binding.

44. By my father and mother you are a glorious one,
And refuge regarding your excellences for whoever seeks shelter.

45. If we mention the merit of the people of munificence,
You would be the sum of all, and the sum comes first.

46. You, by God, are more dewy than life
First rain, with generosity and greatest bounty.

47. May God defeat your enemies with what
Breaks the nose with it, smashing and overwhelming.

48. May your tribe sacrifice themselves for you,
As for their palms, they are inanimate, and their help prohibited.

49. May God protect you from the evils of a man
Laughing, baring the fangs of a butcher.

50. And to you today from me is praise,
O sir, and my savagery is blameworthy.

51. The tongue of my state with me is eloquent,
If the tongue of my speech with me is mute.

52. I, in praising you among all mankind,
Am most eloquent, even if I do not speak.

53. The servant has served you with his poetry,
While you, in the likes of him, cease not to serve.

54. Thanking my patron for your kindness to me,
For your kindness, my patron, is all-encompassing.

55. If you would favor the supplicant for you
With acceptance, then oblige and show nobility.

56. I ask God for your lofty existence to endure,
So endure in honor for the length of days and be safe.