1. The orchard has flourished beautifully,
Beyond its fences cultivated by skillful hands,

2. Its air is tender and its shade delicate,
Unless a downpour rains on it, making it drip.

3. It refreshes us with a brooklet of saplings,
As if they were molded from soft clay,

4. Their breeze wraps them in a splendid dress,
Traced with the marks of polishing.

5. The twigs of the acacia tree sway,
Fearing for its blossoms like the arrows of heroes.

6. And the hidden secret and the green jewelry are bejeweled,
Bending branches over branches rising high.

7. As if the breeze gently caresses their curves,
Curling the locks over their foreheads.

8. While the soft narcissus it waters with rain,
Gaze at us with tender eyes.

9. The eyes of the anemone, red like scratches,
From the kohl of their blackness.

10. And for spring an army has descended,
With steeds and men fully armed.

11. The nightingale in the branches recites,
That happiness is ignorance and folly,

12. While reason is shackles for the youth with sense.
Yet everything sweet is pleasurable to taste.

13. Their morning caravan moves gently,
None among them except the noble youth,

14. From every vinegar jar a refined date,
And no disorder or confusion among us.

15. Our existence is most delightful, not miserable,
Our number greatest, not least,

16. Our wine coveted, and our food,
Our drink craved, and our camel mounts prized.

17. Our poetry excels in every genre,
And excellence in company cannot bore.

18. As if we and the stars are equal,
United under one cloak.

19. The doe-eyed gazelle, shapely of form,
As if clad in a robe of ants.

20. It fulfills what it promises,
While promise is work for the beautiful gazelle.

21. With a soft voice wherein is magic,
Not Mayya nor Bahitha nor Jamal,

22. It bestows union, beginning it with reluctance,
And separation succeeds union, which is more pleasurable.

23. With its cup and lips it prohibits,
Its prohibitions intoxicate us, and its permissions exhilarate.

24. It visited while the nights are leisurely,
And morning in the lap of darkness a babe.

25. The horizon where dawn rises recites,
Of an army from the west that attacked and were routed.

26. As if it were a torrent poured from the clouds,
And the Pleiades find rest that makes them supernova.

27. The moon in its course is afflicted with weariness,
And the lightning stripped of its blades,

28. Sheathing and unsheathing in turns,
While the breeze spreads its veils,

29. As if it were a messenger to the clouds,
It brought generosity, and generosity from it poured.

30. The star Aldebaran, glorious son of the Yemen,
Noble branch of a blessed origin.

31. Al-Shihab Ibrahim, who can equal him?
None can equal his likeness.

32. In his munificence his spirit finds peace,
In it the spring secretly flourishes, and grace abounds.

33. He does not fail those who seek his support,
He gives generously and lightens the burden.

34. The soul is a she-camel and hope her load,
Refusal brings sadness, giving makes easy.

35. Of a company that from right guidance did not stray,
And family worthy of every grace.

36. The least of them in trials is mature,
And some with power are heroes.

37. More glorious than one who stubbornly disobeys you,
And better than one whose mind and test you know.

38. They are the lofty ones without deficiency,
Their glory immense and their bounty abundant.

39. O you who pleases with his seriousness and jest,
Who surpasses in word and deed,

40. In whose hands the wealthy submit,
And the knot of every difficulty he loosens.

41. And one who seeks refuge in his shade is safe,
Though fate decrees misfortune and ordeals.

42. And one whose exceeding generosity makes redundant,
Never can pebbles and sand fully count his bounty.

43. To you this prayer from before,
A profound love that does not diminish,

44. What is its matter? Madness has seized it and confusion,
Aamer and Zaahil are baffled by it.

45. Its enemies lie despised through its cheapness,
While the punished by its fire is humiliated.

46. Yet he is deaf to it and blind,
His remedy is its poison and delay.

47. Though it be a paradise for companions to settle,
Its bliss for its brethren and family.

48. So submit yourself to the justice of the Master,
Whose word in judgment is conclusive.

49. It falls short of Sirius or lessens,
The decree of the rooster and fate.

50. So you own the world and these people,
O noble scions of lofty fathers.

51. Though time and days conspire,
You remain its attainment and elevation,

52. You are doom for the enemy and death,
And in the eyes of your enviers, arrows.