1. He has decreed estrangement, avoidance, and affliction for me
So I became content with His decree

2. Not blaming the one who dies of passion
Many a lover has died of his malady before

3. So my life is in His union and meeting Him
And my death is in His estrangement and avoidance

4. May God beautify His creation, so it captivated
The minds with its beauty and grace

5. O gazelle, restore the gazelles and the full moon
Altogether with its light and radiance

6. And by night a face appeared to me, so the
Night became like dawn with its brightness and splendor

7. And if He stands like a wand, the bending twigs cannot match Him
Or if He walks gently, none can keep pace behind Him

8. His waist complains to his buttocks if He stands for long
Draining Him with fatigue

9. He has not ceased to kill creatures with a glance
The redness of blood still upon His cheek

10. That is an ember on His cheeks
Not from His blood, but the lovers' blood

11. Do not blame me, for the lover finds sweetness in torment
Throughout his life and all his troubles

12. Wondrous is He, who distracts Himself while my heart
Has never seen any delight in His equal

13. Tell Him, He fulfills what He wills, and I
Am His subject, under His possession and loyalty

14. The more humiliation and submission I show
He returns me to my arrogance

15. I am not calmed by acceptance, though that was my wish
I know not what to do to please Him

16. O He who makes eyelids sick, you have made my heart sick
So help me find a cure and healing for it

17. The humiliation of passion has been enough, do not increase it
And relieve me from passion and its misery

18. I cannot handle tribulation, so my heart
Has lost all delight and pleasure from its grief

19. Leave the mention of the one who meets and parts
With his estrangement and ceaseless blame

20. And speak of the excellent morals of Al-Ameer
And his generosity and munificence

21. That chosen generous one, so blessed is he
Who takes shade under his banner

22. What person has not been captive to his generosity?
For he regards all people as his own family

23. He puts everything in its proper place, and he
Is the friend of God, loyal to Him

24. May God grant happiness wherever his grandfather is
On earth, for he is among the fortunate

25. Neither rude nor stern to stranger and kin alike
But rather he is kind to all his relatives

26. O open-handed one who has spread generosity everywhere
So they boast of his righteousness and giving

27. O prince whom God has graced with superiority
And who rules justly as His trustee

28. O pious one whose dress is fear of God
And the light of faith fills his cloak

29. He is a rain cloud quenching the servants' thirst
Pure even when clouds are stingy with their rain

30. Generous one whom all tongues praise in the land
For his virtues and poetry in his glory

31. His slaying sword of generosity has killed me
In the deserts from his overflowing favors

32. He is a just guardian even as he is lavish with wealth
As if the riches were all his enemies'

33. Do not ask him, he gives without asking
As if to ask were to dispute with him

34. If a poor man of any people comes seeking his bounty
He answers before he calls

35. He is Umar in his justice and wisdom
Ahmad in his truth and loyalty

36. Gentle, kind, easy in nature, humble
To God among his fellow worshipers

37. He is an ocean of kindness, generosity and grace
So blessed is he who attains his presence

38. O ally of the pious, God has chosen you
Trustee over the faithful in His dominion

39. The Imam Sultan Saif has approved you
And Yaqut praises you among his saints

40. You are like Yusuf in beauty, or rather like Umar
In piety, power and firmness

41. None can compare to you or resemble you
In your sublime nature, manners and stature

42. God has lit his face with a beauty
Transcending the suns in the sky

43. Time does not decree anything to last
As if trials themselves were his loyal friends

44. You, most faithful of men, if not for a promise
You are John in your devoutness and purity

45. Or like Moses in his kindness, or Jesus
In his guidance, asceticism, and piety

46. May God make your efforts for us lead
The people to His prophets and saints

47. You are a stranger in nature and character
In this age, though not one of its sons

48. My poetry has wandered and become lost in you
As the supremely proud became lost in their pride

49. A natural talent taught me the excellence of poetry
An angelic spirit - so you became one of its sages

50. I do not seek a reward for my praises of you
For my connection to you is the best reward

51. O matchless one, may time last for you
And remove from us the clothes of misery