1. Love intoxicated me with her glances purely
Her delicate waist narrating weakness candidly

2. She left my soul burning with passion's agony
Swaying coquettishly, lost in bewilderment naively

3. If I say my love for her has diminished
And the sun of remoteness has healed me

4. Or that its origin, though dear to me, is forgotten
And I love another, though it be my doom inevitably

5. I fear the censurers may see through me
So I conceal what cannot be concealed of my love

6. They would recognize nothing but that I
Knew the oasis of Nu'man closely and intimately

7. And in that herd of gazelles I’m a lion
Though I may seem meek of eye and submissive

8. She told the story of a sand gazelle when she moaned
With those glances and the sand dunes successively

9. She eclipsed the sun when she revealed
The forenoon's radiance, its beauty and grace successively

10. I see the abode after them has become desolate
And my longing in its entirety does not diminish

11. They left it completely deserted
Not placing the cheek of a lovely one next

12. My companion has become blame
More painful to me than anger or fury

13. Reminding me of wealth upon wealth
That has slipped from me and cannot be regained

14. Saying: if poverty befalls you
Seek whom is most inclined to fend it off

15. Rely on the generosity of Yaḥyā the minister
Ask no other, for he will suffice

16. You will find his flowing munificence brings you provision
And his benevolence is most gentle and intimate

17. She described his character so I began
To enjoy good nature and utmost probity

18. Abundant in his talents, serious in his responsibility
His bashfulness makes lewdness unnecessary

19. I swear if it weren’t for his crown
He would stretch his palms to give generously

20. He spurns the world and its greed
With a free spirit that refuses to covet

21. Indeed, you have brought comfort to the faith, O its supporter
And shelter and refuge to those who seek sanctuary

22. And when you came I saw dew
Sprinkling before and behind you copiously

23. And God’s help and support
Aligning your armies in rows methodically

24. You are protected by God’s power
Obeyed, while your enemies cower timorously

25. You have enraged the Lord of those
Who have never ceased to be most hostile

26. And your weapon on the day of battle
Was a sharpened sword and piercing arrows speedily

27. Darkening and rumbling, without fear
Striking rapidly like lightning repeatedly

28. Poetry has been cured of its malady
By your return, after having suffered miserably

29. I swear by the secrets of Mount Sinai
That you have spread goodness on the plains effortlessly

30. You shy away when Mecca is remembered
Casting yourself to the ground humbly

31. When its pilgrims attain their wishes
And meet me, receive my friendship affectionately

32. That you are the most excellent of people, repose of the weary
And most steadfast in glory, decisively

33. Your ransom is one whose custom is generosity
I say, awake to munificence, sincerely

34. Take it as the morning breeze
With dawn, visiting the vegetation gently

35. Every time I repeat it, and time
Passes upon poetry unceasingly