1. May the specter in the wings of night when it returns
Renew a pact of contentment and repeat it

2. We intend to meet in fantasy when it flows
To come near even if the pilgrimage place is far from it

3. I was amazed that it does not toss in my bed
While the embers of passion are fueled in my heart by it

4. By the fire of my heart it found its way in the dark
And in the tears of my eyelids are my roses from it

5. Leave my tears to protect whenever life was stingy
And the beloved shortchanged the quarter with its generosity

6. Oh but those covenants by which
We had a pact of intimacy that fulfilled its praise

7. Even though the patience of separation after you waned
Its vigors faded and its generosity chained

8. I traveled from the homelands so tears could not find
A pact with that intimacy except its promises

9. Time has estranged me from you deliberately
And which beloved's pillar does not suffer?

10. It is the way of days to deny wishes
And to grant what we do not want

11. But our Master the Caliph Yusuf
Increases your honor whenever you seek it

12. Especially one like me, for my Master's palm
Is generous and my thoughts excellent in praising him

13. So O supporter of Islam and the king whom
His nearby aid encompasses the seekers and his generosity

14. It is as if the efforts of the guardians of blasphemy failed
And their valleys were destroyed and their wanderings chained

15. Through you the upright religion sought victory so its
Armies renewed the pact of jihad

16. And no amazing structure you built
Brings closer the hopes of the frightened far from it

17. And you took charge with your noble self of its matter
That is a pride whose splendor does not fade

18. The composer of prose and verse aspires to describe it
Yet his rhymes and his ode fall short of it

19. The lips of the dear smile at it delighted
By an appearance of honor from you, your might and presence

20. And a meteor shone high upon it for one guided
Matching the full moon rising from you its good fortune

21. Whenever the enemy of religion lurked in its midst
And intended to steal a hearing, his hand was severed

22. Like a beautiful woman who reveals her beauty to the eyes
So she initiates the meaning of her beauty and repeats it

23. She gestured with a palm, inviting you hastily
To destroy the transgressors, may their immortality vanish

24. Near a mountain whose cliffs were tied down
By the blood-stained palm, its generosity

25. It smelled the far-reaching glory, its dignity and banners
Calm, and its standards and troops passing by

26. The gusts of wind pass through it bending
As its towering ascent has blocked their climb

27. They aspire to sublime above it while below it
Falling short of what they desire and seek from it

28. You called the people of jihad so they came obediently
As its pilgrims circle the Ancient House and its delegations

29. And the armies circled it as if it were
A girdle around a waist, enhancing its unique one

30. Alighting from it in flocks like wild doves
Pleasant is its shade and roses from your freshness

31. With its Mashrabiyya* your heights are at ease, shading
Repelling the transgressing enemy and blocking it

32. As for its meaning, its people have not solved its riddle
Rather it is an enigma preserved by its lions

33. And beneath you my Master are of it precious pearls
So my verse is a necklace its good fortune polishes

34. And you who still support the religion
Your kingship the times' kingdoms are your servants