1. O home of my ancestors, every cloud rains down upon you,
And clouds trail their hems above you.

2. And I loved your Lord more than I loved dawn,
With thunder laughing and clouds clapping.

3. So I shared living in you equally
Between youth and companionship.

4. Days when passion stopped me in my tracks in you
And I poured out rebuke that reached even doorsteps.

5. Days when I bid farewell and tears streamed
While my companion soared not like my raven.

6. Days when neither the gray hair turned back toward me
Nor did the curls of youth return like my father.

7. Days when I visited wine in its taverns
And wandered, drunk, among charming companions.

8. From each one, were it not for the sweetness of her mouth,
I would not have endured the pain of my torment.

9. Unveiled ones who wore no scarf, their cheeks
Were like rose blossoms peeking out from a veil.

10. Like a beautiful gazelle, were it not for her
Bracelets' silence and anklets' murmuring.

11. She brought together on her cheek and mouth
Scarlet flowers and violets.

12. When her gazelle glance led my loved ones away,
I wept for them with floods of tears.

13. When they passed by softly glancing
And aimed to slay me, I had no other desire.

14. As if they were lightning that made vanish
The glory of kings, the glorious, the Bestower.

15. Illuminated by his banner and his visions
In every grave event when you donned the mantle.

16. He enriched the earth with pride in his office
And caused floods of people to pour forth.

17. A pouring rain whose thunder terrified the sinful—
Would that a lion might roar and frighten them away!

18. Freehanded with weapons and forgiveness,
He destroyed the rebels and the rebellious ones' rebellion.

19. Matchless in wrath but compliant in pleasure,
Bare of pretense's garb, free of fingernails.

20. In war a slayer, but if turmoil stilled,
The peace of contentment shone upon him.

21. The refinement of perfections and compassion
Radiated in weighty speeches.

22. He had no secrets on the day the virtuous were terrified,
No, nor did his reality shine like a mirage.

23. By a heavenly script he divided a band
Of long-haired rebels with a decree.

24. Wakeful, he dispatched them to appointed deaths
With swords cleaving bellies and napes.

25. Signs of one who continually destroys and annihilates
Between pardon that knows no bounds and punishment.

26. The meadow is not flooded with its light,
And the kidneys are weak, feeble, and timid.

27. The moist breeze traced the water of its pool
And I saw you: the cool, flowing pool.

28. The mouths of tumbler doves opened with love,
And I recalled the smile of Zainab and Rabab.

29. One day, in you the best of all supporters of right guidance
And religion, branch and towering pillar.

30. O son of the victorious, your blood thus prepared
By night vigil, yes, and by decades of wakefulness.

31. And greet in spite of the envious, lasting,
Pure water untroubled and unstirred.