1. Perhaps hope draws near, so we reunite
For I have no life without being close to you

2. I sacrifice myself for you, however you wish, so judge
For one like you feels no comfort, and one like me feels no peace

3. And you have no equal, so seek solace in another
For you have a beauty to which none can compare

4. One who rebukes the excess of love is unjust
And I have wasted nothing in loving you

5. If the rule of self is the noblest principle
Then your rule, O essence of beauty, is justice

6. My life is yours, I owe you my sacrifice
For devotion and generosity are duties of love

7. And my love for you is stronger, though it wrestles my will
So let passion remain, for it is the origin

8. I am but a lover who shares his love
For the high ideals, the tender cheek, the soft glance

9. The paths of love differ only in that I
Follow a course where the paths converge

10. Meanings of a beauty unlike what others were infatuated by
Not the seducing eyes, nor the kohl

11. They say the limit of love is intoxicating passion
That is one kind, but constancy has its distinction

12. More than one attributes himself to virtue
Yet not all who profess virtue are truly virtuous

13. How many pretend to love the truth alone
Yet have neither closeness nor connection to it

14. And she did not make blissful the bliss of his love with a glance
Nor indulged him in her affection with beauty

15. As for those who share my ways, they are my comrades
Not my kin or family

16. Few men, though their singing is plentiful
So they are many when their number is small

17. The glory of life ennobled their souls
So they gave it what ennobles and exalts

18. Among people are those whose brilliance appears
With a distinctness and form whenever dawn breaks

19. We planted glory for them, but they deemed it crime
We planted for them until they harvested what they craved

20. If you are a Qays who erred in her measure
She was not heedless of what she attempted

21. I have a free soul that does not accept darkness
When others fall into darkness and disgrace

22. With determined resolve whose deception never weakens
Striking or fearing no bluntness of blade

23. I have morals no companion criticizes
Nor fears their implications

24. The finest traits of a youth are valor and generosity
While their worst are cowardice and stinginess

25. The greatest gifts and boons are all
Knowledge, which grows the intellect

26. No flaw in patience, save those who practice it
Are harmed unless protected by ignorance

27. I took shelter in the shadow of youth and lived
Happily, but that shadow did not last

28. I see the white hairs, harbingers of death
When one lie comes, others reinforce it

29. I said to the guest of gray hair when it descended
Welcome, you merit honor and hospitality from me

30. For you endowed me with the best:
Wisdom, discretion, patience and nobility