1. Peace upon the roaring sea and its waves
And longing for the sailors at the shore

2. Peace upon it from a passionate lover
Who suffers from burning passions

3. Peace upon the radiant sand and its sigh
To its soul, beauty in the morn and eve

4. Pastimes after God I worshipped
So the magic of the sandy shore seduced my chastity

5. Peace upon the awe-inspiring sea in its gusts
When the wind rages at dawn

6. We conquered it with Islam, so its neck was adorned
And it became a sea annexed to Egypt

7. The religion of a messenger sent to the best nation
Qualified for knowledge, glory, and triumph

8. So hello to you, Corniche road, a thousand greetings
To what we cherished in your banks

9. For us are fish that swim loudly
When the heat of noon intensifies

10. I took off my clothes and raced to catch them
As I used to hunt gazelles on land

11. Take your share of livelihood as much as you can
For that is the genius of gratitude

12. And if they say that passion is evil, maybe
With some evil there is light of good

13. Your rose, O sea of seductions, seduced me
So what is your clear opinion, O sea, about my matter?

14. Ask the Corniche road, does it remember
My sins when I was chaste and virgin?

15. I used to meet it while the sun inclined
Towards the sea, craving its green coasts

16. So I wildly cast what I held of ornaments
And the branch craved to fly towards the bouquet

17. Groups of the beautiful, their eyes
Eyes of does between Rusafa and the bridge

18. And skins of people varying in creations
Varying what is in the garden of flower kinds

19. They tempt us with beauty and sway
So we make room for their kiss of subjugation

20. If you do not give beauty its rights
You are a man molded from stubborn rock

21. I swore by this magnificent sea
And I am dutiful when swearing by the sea

22. I will squeeze wine from every cheek
And leave it frothing for that press

23. Traces of passion diffusing from you smote me
With a scent purer than the scent of wine

24. And I saw Etna's fires and flames
Glory to Him who casts fire into water

25. Sicily too I saw in the sea
So the water of my eyes flowed in sorrow

26. I recalled Ibn Hamdis and the wonders of his poetry
And his days between gloom and cheer

27. Poets came reciting their poems
They lied, for poetry is in my soul poetry

28. And in prose I made my writings a garden
Scattering its breaths with flowers in prose

29. And people attack me, their hatreds
Despite what they said, I am the youth of the age

30. When will my time be content, so I return again
To the embers of love in the sea's kindling?

31. I sat on the unique shore in its splendor
On it faces more radiant than the moon

32. Gazelles, does, soft bright skins
Reds and tawny browns - ah the seduction of the tawny!

33. If a beauty walks away from you, let her go
One day she will return, a fawn running

34. As for this sweet gazelle, what of its light?
On its cheek things of the seduction of light

35. Its eyes watch me every moment
So I wink at it playfully with flirty glances

36. And it wonders at my patience, not knowing
I lost the beauty of patience in the field of patience

37. In its chest there is blame on me, though I
Deliberately, intentionally ignore the seduction of the chest

38. In its throat there are fifty sighs and blames
Oh what anguish from the soul's seduction at the throat!

39. Come to me, come, do not fear
And sway as you wish with your magical glances

40. If you do not understand my words, I will
Whisper to you the secret in my heart of my poetry

41. I see Syria in your cheek, and Syria is a paradise
For each beautiful cheek is dyed from wine

42. I see Rome in your shoulder inclining to seduce me
So O sea, this Rome is your matter and mine

43. My passionate cravings lengthen toward you and I sway
Trying what I have watered my soul with magic

44. This gazelle will know what I want
For my love was not for an instant innocent flirtation