1. My youth has passed, yet my night does not end
Whence came its flow? Where went its source?

2. The eyes of my critics close satisfied
That he will not rest though cares converse with him

3. Parting has uncovered its sorrows and gone is he
Who once was shy to screen himself from me

4. Nothing hurts a lover, so when the beloved
Turns from him, everything hurts him

5. O questioner, I explain my absent one until
You feel as if you are in his presence

6. I and victory and acceptance of his neighbor
Are like the sea that desires none but its neighbor

7. None who is sure of Nasr as his supporter
Fears any betrayal from his days

8. Abu Al-Abbas’ constitution and pillars
Would ransom those who do not ransom him

9. Inciting panegyrists as though he comes
To eulogize him but finds him vying

10. What do you think of one who saw you eulogizing him
As worthy and put his fate in your hands?

11. He resisted events until they denied
Him, but destiny insists on overcoming him

12. Rein in the nights of his epoch with your palm
For time acts submissive to your command

13. Do not forget one who did not forget your praise
And hopes under cover of darkness you remember him

14. Rise early, for the choicest lyrics have risen early
To praise you; the earliest matter is the best

15. The first of his poetry meets you, so begin
With its beginning that its end may be yours

16. Nothing is finer than my poetry circulating
And your echo through the horizons accompanying it

17. When the hoped-for youth has perfected his reason
In himself and his call, his poet has perfected it