1. The annoying guard did not do what old age did
The gray hair lit up his forehead

2. It cut through joy when my hopes were dashed
And erased loyalty so my day darkened

3. I regret the days of youth and how it strove
A moon it had and towards it he leaned

4. And how much I called it good so it disappointed me
While the white hair flows and braids hang loose

5. From every singing girl wandering around
Plunging into her bracelets is the black snake

6. In her necklace a slit, and in her sweetness
Is darkness, and in her mouth stars shine

7. And a fawn whose cheeks
Are like roses sprinkled with basil

8. I never left my country and garden of my youth
Still moist with the scent of apple blossoms

9. Youth saw its beauty slip away
So it cried and its tears rolled down

10. My cheek with tears is not like her cheek
Except a branding iron and an icicle

11. And in my brain there is from them
A bloom whose veil is the darkest

12. She cut the bonds of my love and grew distant
Saying to the caravan’s guide: “Move on”

13. So today there is no encampment of beauty near me
Nor a pleasure mount saddled

14. But I am with the son of Aspar content
My life is happy and my fortune brilliant

15. A hero clad in the garb of perfection
Crowned with the jewel of praise and value

16. His vastness challenges mounts and litters
And his door gratifies hopes and inspires

17. Custom flows from his palms
Charm wafts from his breath

18. Ferocity blazes from his resolves
Wit glistens from his words

19. And in each line of his structure’s composition
An ocean surges and rivers swell

20. Every land he visited loves him
And when he leaves it withers and frowns

21. He kept rising with honesty and piety
His stirrups strict and unswerving

22. Through him positions thrive as though he were
The morning sun and they the mansions

23. Until he assumed the rank of wisdom which
Is the path for politics and insight

24. Its Mercury he doubled and his light
Matched the unmatched string

25. And who more fitting for it than a virtuous man
He is exemplar for the eminent and model

26. Free, if the swords emulated his justice
No crooked sword would remain in its sheath

27. The lost are guided by his fire and light
The noble thrives and every peril is solved

28. The full moon darkens when his light rises
And the sun burns with envy of him

29. If he wished he could number the stars in a glance
Their mansions would seem to wink at him

30. He served the chosen King loyally
Treachery toward him cannot creep

31. So he granted him success saying: I came but
The first of my path for him paves the way

32. So submit and yield to bounties and honors
O you by whom the face of bounty shines