1. The rain clouds circled around the palm tree,
Sprinkling it with sweet drops,

2. The morning breeze stirred the leaves
That chirped on the green branches.

3. Singing without a lute or drums,
Smiling like flower petals,

4. The lanterns shone bright,
The dewdrops scattered like pearls,

5. Kissed early by the showers,
Crowning it with pearls.

6. The vanguards of clouds have arrived,
Winter has announced its coming,

7. Since the gentle breeze confronted it,
It bid farewell to camphor and clouds.

8. And greeted the land of Diyar Bakr early.
Don't you see the new clouds have come

9. Heralding the nearness of winter?
So relieve my worries with medicine, O youth!

10. How long will the days of bliss last?
They are numbered in my life.

11. Rise to seize the opportunity of time,
You won't be safe from its unpredictable nature.

12. Drink to melodies and songs,
For autumn is another spring.

13. Quaff the wine cups to the full.
A season for us, luck has returned in its fold,

14. Our joys will recur with its return,
The distant bird will arrive in it.

15. Everyday is feast for the hunters.
As if it were the Eid Al-Adha with prey.

16. These partridges have come towards us,
Yearning for their old habitat.

17. If only they knew what awaits, they would regret.
Look, their outlines are embellished,

18. Like letters lined in a poem.
Remembering their meadows was hard on them

19. So they came carrying their longing,
Blinking their eyelids in their flight,

20. Stretching their necks in their craving.
Not knowing that the tide would ebb.

21. O Saad be supportive of his love,
For it has been one of my habits.

22. Don't blame me for being envious of him
If you could see the birds of Khaalid's flirtation,

23. You would accept my love for the coquettish birds.
A bird equal to the stars of the sky

24. Diverse in forms and names.
When the dawn dispels the darkness,

25. It appears above the water's surface.
Like figures imagined on a curtain.

26. In the commotion of birds like armies
Some incoming and some outgoing.

27. The magnificent distinguished from the small
Limited since Al-Naasir's era.

28. Counted at fourteen and ten.
Shubaytar, Mirdam and Korki

29. And a perfect Tamm with a Turkish goose.
Laglag resembling the color of musk

30. The Kai and the An'naaz O doubter!
Then the eagle associated with the vulture.

31. Followed by the Irounk, an amazing type
Humane and feminine when floored.

32. And Al-Daww and Al-Hibrj, the most comprehensive,
Five and five have completed and four.

33. As if they were the nights of the full moon.
Hasten to the Tigris and marshes,

34. For it is the best effort.
And be astonished at the variety there

35. Of the highlands and pastures.
And the clamor of the fowler and urban voice.

36. Between an ascending Tamm and a descending one,
And a flying eagle and a falling one.

37. And an exiting Kai and a returning one.
And the rising of birds from the meadows.

38. Like passing fragments of clouds.
Look, the hunters have armed themselves,

39. And divided for ambushing the birds.
Wearing armor and turbans,

40. Determined to spill their blood,
They came in red clothes.

41. Frightened of Arabs and non-Arabs alike,
Becoming stars and moons overnight.

42. Abandoning every bent-backed one,
Whose backs were broken by burden.

43. As if they were crescents expelled.
Their masters spent generously on them

44. And exhausted the makers assembling them.
The archers trained their nature.

45. If it touched a breast they pierced it,
As if they were carved from rock.

46. When I hear the cry of the raptors,
My senses lean towards their voices.

47. And if I see the commotion of the prey,
And I am not amongst them to hunt,

48. My heart feels too small for worries.
If only I were still roaming,

49. Between the hunting grounds coming and going.
If only fate allowed me that,

50. Being near for me is to remain distant.
I traverse the desert in every leap.

51. I vowed to myself at the end of bliss,
And the good days to realize wishes.

52. To combine power with prosperity,
Until it sees departure has drawn near.

53. And asked me to fulfill my vow.
It says to me when slumber forsakes me,

54. And my staying in the land seems long.
The turning of fate bars me from ambition.

55. Why do nights persist in lowering me?
As if they are some letters of pulling down.

56. Rise, in the desert set out the feet of resolve,
Tour with the good fortune away from barrenness.

57. Do not stay in oval Mosul,
For the flames of the brilliant citadel,

58. Burn the devil of the turns of fate.
A star people seek guidance from,

59. One protected by it will not be disgraced.
In winter it is a sun, in summer it is shade,

60. And a full moon illuminating the lost.
It enriches people beyond the rain.

61. If the blind man saw tomorrow, he would see.
If he saw a dead man, he would be resurrected.

62. If he wanted darkness, it would become light.
If the night came seeking refuge with him,

63. He would give it sanctuary from the assaults of dawn.
Revel in the lands of the supported King,

64. Who brought creation to life before the blow of horn.
Who built the heights before building palaces.

65. Vanquisher of every roaring lion.
God gave him the reins of victory.

66. A King who finds wealth casual,
Sees the life of reputation in its death.

67. Glory has appeared in its time,
And light shone in its nights.

68. As if they were the nights of Al-Qadr.
A successor became for us on earth,

69. We live in dignity under his care.
His noble palms have been generous,

70. And his resolute conscience inspired.
To break the arrogant and mend the broken.

71. The wild beasts of fate bow over his door,
And kings prostrate at his threshold.

72. Destinies serve under his feet,
Aspiring the favor of his side.

73. And drawing ease after hardship from him.
Firm, aloof from motives,

74. And a essence devoid of contingencies.
He is feared like an angry one yet he is pleased,

75. His judgments have smoothed the land,
And his palms destroyed the army of poverty.

76. When he saw his days thronged,
And people prostrate in his court,

77. He wanted more abundance in his rule.
So his palms freed slaves,

78. And generosity enslaved the free.
O King envied by other kings,

79. The planets follow his resolve.
Feared by Arabs and Turks alike,

80. For he knows their innermost thoughts.
As if entrusted with the unseen.

81. My proximity, not gifts, entices me,
And your affection, nothing else is my hope.

82. When I have struggled through seasons,
I seek no prize but acceptance.

83. For acceptance, not for a prize.
May your joys remain renewed,

84. And the souls of foes threatened by you.
The pillars of glory erected by you,

85. And the land smoothed by your policies.
With security, time smiles showing its teeth.