1. My soul's wishes, my heart's and eyes' delight
Are the nights of intimacy with a lovely gazelle

2. I gained what I wished for from her
And tried through her to regain my health, but it brought me down

3. Her soft cheek, when I touched it
Fearing it would melt from the touch

4. I married her, the rose of modesty, with a glance
And kissed her so I could attain my heart's desire

5. The sweetness of beauty is consumed through wishing
And nothing is like eating, chewed by molars

6. What is destined is only the agony of separation
Not in my throat but in my perceptions

7. And who do I have that won't betray
I hoped through her for my livelihood and looked to her

8. Seriously, and he spends all his effort
On separating us, so my days with him are worse than my yesterdays

9. Through him our days grew dark and our
Children, family and loved ones unlucky

10. May the sun of God's religion make us happy
We have been decreed this divine coincidence

11. And if I did not fear it would destroy me I would trace him
With the black of my eyes, let alone my soul

12. For he is too noble for my praises describing him
And for my pen, palm, line or paper

13. An Imam, if you seek his help in adversity
The Imam of the sword comes to you advancing with his shield

14. Clearer than the dawn, more successful than life
More reliable than a plateau, more eloquent than poetry

15. To drive away harm, make happy those in misery
Save those imprisoned, deliver those in distress

16. Relieve those in anxiety, aid those in pain
Give justice to the oppressed, clarify what is obscure

17. My Master, O sun of guidance and sublimeness
May He who owns the Throne and Chair give you joy

18. The overflowing gifts of His grace
Upon Aleppo, Damascus, the Ghor and Jerusalem

19. You gained understanding, O active one, in Qur'anic recitation
And gave jurisprudence to the teachers and students of law

20. So we see in your just age, protector for us
Ibn Amr, though he was among the conventional

21. We have seen no knowledge you were not concordant with In its principles, branches, categories and genres