1. To whom are the ships sailing towards Ramah
After long contemplation and hesitation

2. Bent like palm trunks, determined spears
No matter how high they aim, they hit the target

3. Bearing the youth of chivalry, bound
To the passion of love and its symbol

4. The talk of every heart's vigil stirs
Sleep from the drowsy eyes

5. Smitten by the scattered beauty
Infatuated by the charms of the beloved

6. Pillowing over the riding-beasts in yearning
Imploring in chant in the dwellings

7. Contemplating the distance in agony
And resigned to passion in submission

8. They are the sighs of ardour, not sins, for when
They shot arrows at the precious aim

9. And the covenants of intimacy in which
Patience was annulled in every knot

10. Why, when guided to its smooth course
Do they not cease, belonging to the excused?

11. They awaken the tears' pacts from their lids
Passionately, by the memory of days gone by

12. They did not deny the passion its lawfulness, but
By their madness, they realized it after illusion

13. The witness of the two encampments halts their journey
While the people waver between thought and pain

14. They turned to the planets when they reflected
So the journey is between pillowing and imagining

15. I followed her with my gaze when she was coy
So the glance is between refusal and delight

16. It kindles the red of tears on my youth
Thus the heart is between streaming and chanting

17. How many halts has passion compelled upon it
Thus fervour is between obligation and control

18. The sun appears in the clouds and disappears
Thus the horizon is between setting and glooming

19. The birds sing and the gardens sway
Thus the orchard is between humming and chanting

20. The rain drags its tail over the hills
Thus the clouds are between gathering and frowning

21. The flowers bloom as the breeze rends their dresses
Thus the meadow is between smiling and breathing

22. Like the bending of Joseph who paved the dew
Thus generosity is between hope and purpose

23. A king, when the exploits of his reign are recited
Thus the pearl is between threading and arranging

24. The assembly is inaugurated by the mention of his virtues
Thus the description is between sanctity and precedence

25. How many wisdoms have called out his swords of jihad
These enemies have exhausted, so arbitrate!

26. How many ambitions towards the stars ascend
On the day of spears as the processions aspire

27. With the awe of magnificent west to the leading
And the stirring of war belonging to the brilliant

28. Of a driver who guides the enemies to demise
Or outstanding, refined and intrepid

29. So when gleams shine on the swords in fright
They reveal every dark matter in the fray

30. And when stars shine on the tongues in the skirmish
They show every ambiguous meaning in the battle

31. And if war is waged and its banners unfurled
Against blasphemy, it dissolves every covenant

32. He ordains with unchallengeable royal command
He goes forth with resolve like swords decisive

33. The billows of the towering waves were not shadowed in the fray
Except by the poles of the broken lances

34. The ostrich eggs were not stripped in the battlefield
Except when clad in red blood

35. O saviour of kingdoms with resolve that
Showed the way to the saviour and the bold

36. These enemies seek the blessing of your hand that
Is the refuge of the shelterless and treasure of the destitute

37. They inclined to peace only after
The world surrendered to you fully submitted

38. How many nations after their defiance
Sought your pardon, a gift for those arriving

39. You granted them from your forbearance, bounties that
The hands of the evildoer and criminal obtained

40. You gave them security, while the people waver between
Demoralized by fate and anxious

41. You bestowed upon them from your generosity, bounties that
Abundant, never depleted your munificence

42. This, by God, is your purpose that
Exalted the most noble symbol of the religion of God

43. You launched the ships by the aid of good fortune
Moving, traversing like the stars

44. And anchored atop the sea the mightiest stronghold
Where the planets rise and fall

45. As if it forever gestures to it with a blood-stained palm
Like one fully submitted

46. And you established the palace in which by its generosity
Safety is found by the saviour or the bold

47. You see the creek below the horizon
Meeting the winds with gaping mouth

48. Then you moved to the bank of the valley which
The sea is fed by its comfort

49. You pursued therein every straying vagabond
Fleeing towards death advancing

50. And you headed to the seat of the kingdom which
No description of its beauty is concealed

51. You reached it, so congratulations on the happiest destination
You arrived in it, so greetings on the happiest arrival

52. My lord, your virtues cannot be counted except
By the verses of the Book, precise

53. To you thus by eloquence they chose
The rule of poetry without hesitation

54. They came to you from the choicest words as pearls
Flawless in composition and rhyme

55. So you remained as long as pilgrims flowed to Minah
And the Ancient House and Zamzam were filled