1. Say to the royal son of kings, the hunter,
Words that close his wide net,

2. I yearn for you - don't you care for the exalted?
Or is there a heart of iron between your wings?

3. It is not right for your hand to be extended to a prey,
After the shaking of the bent spear,

4. That was not its reward in its sanctuary,
Between dew and the deep wound.

5. If it turned away from it, other game would be caught -
I would have protected its wrist with my arteries.

6. So return its bleeding carcass to me, if
The carcass can be returned after rigidity.

7. Or let me drink its blood, for I am more deserving of it
Than it being shed on earth and land.

8. And if it flowed from silver vessels in a gown,
Without the thunder-like shooter knowing.

9. So your hands missed it, though they knew not,
If only it knew the next day after the witnessed event.

10. It would have let its organs flow naturally,
Flowing correctly, smoothly.

11. And desperation, which liberates from your conquering blow,
Would have freed it from your obedient spear.

12. I said your mercy would return to the anguished,
For you have appealed to the heart of every loving soul.

13. Or did you not fear Allah regarding the member which
All the resolute heroes would sacrifice themselves for?

14. Or were you not afraid of the blades around it
Which shake with intense anger at you?

15. Or were you not awed by the forearm of the lion
Dyed with the blood of lions?

16. And when did you dare to touch its noble palm
Unless you were one of the brave hunters?

17. And why would you hunt one whose hand flowed
Like the sea, generous for an extended time?

18. It is enough what they wanted to spend
In glory - the soul of the exhausted striver.

19. They said "We seek a cure" - so I told them:
"The illness is not for its like with conviction."

20. "Why does he not cure himself with his generosity,
He who can cure with generosity?"

21. "His illness is nothing but extravagance
Which persists, and extravagance is not praiseworthy."

22. "He loved benevolence, and that is his sign, and the guide
Of an adorer is not hidden."

23. "Indeed it is his time that is sick, not his body,
For the like of him is not afflicted."

24. "The times fell short of virtues and loftiness,
Indeed evil times are not rightly guided."

25. "It is enough for me what hopes extend, O Yahya,
For he is the safety of the frightened, and protection of the sought."

26. "Tyranny prevailed while glory was atop its throne
And rain was beneath its extended canopy."

27. "You made us lonely in a single day
And prolonged the yearning of ardent lovers."

28. "Less than it is what makes my affliction blaze
And comes between patience and endurance."

29. "Why not, when you clothed me in favors
Leaving none but the envious among people for me?"

30. "You burdened me with what I cannot bear to carry
Except with Allah's help and support."

31. "If not for your life I would not delight in a livelihood
Even if I lived as long as Labid."

32. "Greetings of peace to you, greetings, but
The life of a lover is the safety of the loved one."

33. "Do you not see that if lives were distributed
According to virtues you would gain eternity?"

34. "You are the one - as long as you live
Among the rulers there is no nation or support."

35. "There is nothing for arrows, nor pigeons, nor what
You spend on resolves that can be matched."

36. "You have been sufficient, so you were a sword with no equal
And a pillar not to be demolished."

37. "And if you looked at the tongues with a look
War would be humbled before you."

38. "And if you curled a finger toward the caliphate
You would fulfill the truth of annulment and confirmation."

39. "And if you examined affairs with deliberation
You would be given success and guidance."

40. "And if you desire, through approximation you attain what
The wise cannot attain through abstraction."

41. "You grasped the souls of enemies and spread them
Between softening and hardening."

42. "You were distant from attributes and their truth
Yet you were near, not far."

43. "It is as if you are Predestination - the world knows you
Without qualification or definition."

44. "All testimony can be denied
Except by your might and highness and generosity."

45. "Every hope is misguidance unless it is
In Allah or in your praised opinion."

46. "No transmitted wisdom unless it is
In revelation or your flowing praise."

47. "He did not spare you grand praise, he who
Fulfilled his goal with effort."

48. "And when I praised you, to increase your joy,
Is there room in your perfection for increase?"

49. "What is this to me, while increase to them
In the limit is a loss from the bounded."

50. "I praise you as witness to your loftiness
As my witness to Allah's oneness."