1. Her beauty resembles a flower
That shines on a river

2. With swaying grace and charm
Ruby clings to her like a pearl

3. A virgin whose glances delight you
Above every unveiled virgin

4. Be not surprised if she's coy and aloof
Ask those who know of this trait

5. For her waist is made of water
And her heart is made of rock

6. I swear by the narcissus of her eyelids
Intoxicated by miles of sorcery

7. By the radiant star of her smile
And the lunar whiteness of her cheek

8. By the branch leaning on a shoulder
Like a ship's sail on the sea

9. By her bosom and curves
And her alluring ivory traits

10. I've not tasted the sweetness of her smile
That's so mellow, though it tries my patience

11. I can't forget that moment we met
She shone like a pearl in necklaces

12. When the anklet became an anklet for us
And the tinkling cup became my moon

13. In gardens of liquefied myrrh is her lily
That excels the ruby wine

14. She scented her hair with basil
While silver is dyed with metal

15. A virgin whose love reproaches me
With passion and fervent desire

16. Her cheeks were generous with kisses
Like a thirsty man seeking embers' water

17. So her cheeks became with basil
More generous and sweet than droplets

18. And my hands like a necklace on her neck
Polished and laid on my chest

19. No difference between my mouth and the
Luminous dawn but the light of daybreak

20. So my eyes judged it with tears
And for Abdel Qader with thanks

21. Protector of pilgrims, Abu Al-Ajmam
Who destroyed the tyrants, grinder of enormous armies

22. Munificent, more generous than Ma'n
And firmer than Amr

23. If Amr possessed his courage
Ali would not have won victory

24. Or spent as he spent generously
Qarun would have woken up poor

25. How sweet is the scent of his words
More than honey and Egyptian sugar

26. His munificence and logic inspire you
And pearls pour over pearls

27. Like the sea extending his virtues
As if the sea had no islands

28. The garden, radiant of face, will never
Lack flowers and greenery

29. Pride of Mars with his sword
And the slave prides in the freeman

30. The orator envied his eloquence
And the white envied the brown

31. O son of Mudar's envoy
The destitute and the wealthy admire you

32. Tell troubles to leave me
And beset the fortresses of evil

33. The darkness of Syria deserves
To be slaughtered more than slaughter

34. May God disgrace and destroy him
An emir more wicked than a Hebrew

35. They called the darkness of his tyranny a dawn
To cheat and make fools of those who know

36. Saying the night is the day of the times
And the light of the bat of wastelands

37. No faith but the dinar for him
The creed of one clinging to blasphemy

38. If Lord Furuk knew of him
He would empty Syria of harm

39. And double your reward with God
Boundless and without measure

40. Your help still removes the gloom of hardship
With the lantern of ease

41. And you remain for us forever
O dispeller of the harms of fate