1. The breeze knocked with its fragrance and coolness
Bringing musk, ambergris, and scent

2. The clouds' tears dripped on the countryside
As its flowers smiled in their blossoms

3. Welcome, O comers, though you're now far
I'm close whether near or away from the shrine

4. My tears suffice as a guide, though I hid
My longing, it still appeared in my mien

5. My cheeks run blood, as if traced there
By their rosy soft hands that burn within

6. A young man, dressed richly, erect and proud
Pearls smiling from his mouth that my heart can't resist

7. As if his necklace and lips were the same
His lips and necklace were one, joy proclaimed

8. Time's march stooped an era that's gone
How I yearned for their love as life moved on

9. Today let my wishes from them come true
And time fulfill the promise it's due

10. O joy of life, your dawns have emerged
As days of yore return from night's verge

11. The clouds dragged their tails over the plains
Raining in the valleys and highlands

12. Happy for Saif al-Din who came here
Relieving grief with his help and cheer

13. Prosperity arrived before his troops
His face shining though ranks obscure his view

14. His horses surging in serried lines
Warriors ready, armored for the charge

15. If Dajjal saw his lances' blue
His soul would flee his body in fear

16. Or if Dhul Qarnayn saw his resolute might
The pride of his ramparts would vanish from sight

17. His army intent around him, arrayed
Since time began its steady crusade

18. A man whom all the world obeys
Like servants responding to his lead

19. My Lord, you know my love won't fade
A Lord doesn't deny his servant's need

20. I raised and supported him from a child
Saving him from time's perils so wild

21. May Allah not leave your home deprived
While the breeze blows its scent far and wide