1. No, and the lovebirds dance among the virgins,
And my morning comes from the intoxicating eyes.

2. We did not ask for your neighborhood out of fickleness,
The passionate dwell in it, and it contains passion.

3. So be gentle with this heart, O angels,
For gentleness is a duty towards captives.

4. Do not mind the ignorant of love, those who
Cannot tell musk, and mistake musk for dirt.

5. We are a people who see love as a religion,
And avoiding loved ones as shame.

6. All who succeed in love with us
Are specks that outweigh tons.

7. Woe to my heart from she who denies the lover
Her water, and gives away dinars,

8. And hides her beauty in the veil of night,
Not seeing anything in it but daytime.

9. I have become to her fancy, and my heart
Has become fire, and my tears a stream.

10. All I prepared of armor for patience
I displayed from her eyelids pierced.

11. I wish I knew, as my hair turned white,
If she would choose me as a visitor to her home,

12. And show me her virgins after my hair whitened,
The virgins' hair blackened and the excuses paled.

13. My longing for her has been prolonged, and my stay with her shortened,
May God shorten their lives.

14. And love the life of my master, the valiant Shihāb ‘Abd al-Qādir,
Of long generosity and flowing nobility.

15. He is the axis of highness and the circle of glory,
An ocean of dew, and a lion of valor.

16. The generous one whose palms compete
To fulfill the seekers of his thoughts.

17. If he threatened the sun it would darken,
And if he scolded the clouds they would pour.

18. And if the young, foolish boys
Disobeyed him, he would lead noblemen and the righteous.

19. Adorned with the crown of perfection,
He surpassed Chosroes and prided himself with his house.

20. If the crescent contained him it would shine like a full moon,
And its dark night appear as daylight.

21. The suns shy away from him in shame,
While he is kind handed and will not shy away.

22. Every time that has passed without my praising him
Has made me ashamed of my life.

23. God did not adorn him with a garment of virtue
That embraced a noble horseman.

24. His generosity gave me a gushing sea,
After which the seas became vapor.

25. O my refuge, boasting of whom has become
The boast of the lands, and in boasting him they pride themselves.

26. It was the feast of servants, and it became through you
A bride that competes with the ages.

27. So submit, submit to every great feast
That manifests from you a great star.

28. Most excellent of both worlds in creation and character,
Pride, delight and power.