1. Keep blaming him if you wish
He is morning dew that shone when the sun's heat warmed

2. It shook him, nay it weakened him, the fever's memory
So he wavered enraptured, nay he shuddered

3. He nearly died but I renewed for him
The memory of the fever's lodgers so he gained strength

4. You are not, to me, blaming but just
Happy with memories when they were brought up

5. A lover tried to hide his passion
Yet the witnesses of tears do not accept bribery

6. The Levant's lightning flashed morning and evening
Appearing at sunset so it lodged

7. It shone and the night was pitch black
The dawn's embryo still in its envelope

8. The crescent's curve tells its bow's story
Appearing from behind the mirror's veil

9. The constellation depicted an eagle taking refuge
Under the vulture's wing when it alighted

10. As if the buyer, hopeful,
Gained a share from the full moon he aspired to

11. And Mars in its orbit
Scratched a beloved's cheek with a flirtatious glance

12. And Suhail like a pounding heart
Terror dwelt in it so it shuddered

13. And the Eagle's daughters are a flock taking flight
Fleeing in panic from the vulture they dreaded

14. The Pleiades resemble the form of a beard
With a braided chin engraved

15. And a flash whose darkness departed
Turning the night into radiant morning

16. Embroidering the horizon with shining light
Dazzling sights with it, nay blinding them

17. Followed by a torrent of my tears
That only increases the heart's thirst

18. It covered the horizons until I found it
Cleansed with the dew of Ali's hand it gushed

19. The secret's writer in whose time
The monarch's secrets were one day revealed

20. Awakening opinions, deprived of minds
Resolute in determination, exhausted in resolution

21. So hopes are expected from his generosity
And calamities feared from his authority

22. A character, if time followed his example
Its mornings would be like a happy night

23. With might that deterred the evildoers
And terrified enemies, so they fled

24. Not bound by a pact with the lion
Whose foot marked the forest

25. He was a predator's shade for the lion
And a carpet layer for the sublime's cubs

26. Fury trembled at him
And violence recoiled at him shaking

27. So if he assigned him a task
He came obediently walking with head held high

28. Whenever his chest missed a wing beat
His palm steered him wherever he wished

29. He guaranteed the days unless
He orphaned children when he assaulted

30. An Arab courting Rome
Sending Ethiopians and Abyssinians to her

31. The meadow turns into rubble whenever
He etched or scraped his horseshoes on it

32. We never saw before him a vicious lion
Whose right hand held a sharp sword

33. O You, the judge whom fate nearly
And the hands of destiny judge as they wish

34. You were affectionately disposed to me before familiarity
Bestowing intimacy, nay comfort

35. And you brought me company in a time
When I felt lonely in my own shadow

36. So I will proudly remember you in an abode
Where the listener praises nobility

37. Remembrance is free when still
But walks when bound by poetry

38. So listen to an ode whose day came
Thoughts were gathered for it, nay braided

39. And live honorably in lasting glory whose shade
Safety was spread so it bedded down

40. Shaded by glory's palm that
Took root and had a blessed throne