1. A brown, fair maiden sways
On the crest of a sandy dune

2. Her dress heavy with hips
That pull a slender waist like a girdle

3. She teases the forbearing with coquetry
And flirts amidst the green of youth

4. When she unveils her smile appears
Like the gleam of pure pearls

5. I'm slain, though my killer touched naught
But the kohl of her dark eyelids

6. Amazingly, the lion of valor lies
Slain in battle by her glance

7. Her mouth guards its castle with arrows
That issue from her eyes; none dares approach

8. Save Khamis the valiant, guided by fate
Through empty plains on his steed

9. He crossed the seas and gained shade
Beneath a royal tree, and was greeted

10. By the perfect Salah with good tidings
Of a kingly conquest auspiciously predicted

11. So omens foretold Salah's perfection
Beneficent to all people; truest Words

12. With Al-Kamil all affairs of faith and world
Aligned in finest array and measure

13. At his side Ahmad like the prophet Muhammad
At Mecca's conquest after Khaybar's victory

14. Of Shadi's line a glorious kingdom raised
Mosques abounding and pulpits overflowing

15. Greater than Chosroes, vanquisher of Sheba
Hsmight encompassed and humbled Caesar

16. Peerless in his time, his essence embraces
The virtues of multitudes beyond measure

17. His smiling fortune laughs at tearful knights
Who vainly challenged his sharp-edged blade

18. To you, O King of Kings, I dedicate
These poor verses, though I hardly dared

19. The King exalted you for your justice
Bestower of bounty, your grace I laud

20. By your ancestor's fortune if I'm blessed, but if
I miss the mark, 'twas my fate's misguided hand

21. I've spun these praises, O Sword of the Faith's son, so
Excuse the humble poet's want of eloquence

22. Why compare you, amidst bounty and valor,
To others? Confounded thought wanders in despair

23. My lord, you are the creed's truth to the pious
Eloquence's peak and vision's repletion

24. Still glory-graced with conquest sublime
By the Lord of Ladders with abounding river

25. Before rose-hued stars or traveling dawn
Lit the daybreak sky with crimson hue

26.
You have always honored destiny

27. With the best righteous deed and purest nature