1. Glory raised you; sit at the summit of glory
The kings of earth have been corrupted, east and west

2. You have planted in the breast of time a sharpened spear
And unsheathed a blade for the humiliated age

3. You are but the lion in resolve and aid
And discretion, steps, palms, and separation

4. Does the lion stumble at the roar in his jungle?
Though he spent the night in the sanctuary of home secluded

5. When the well-groomed spear is straightened
On a body whose flank outruns the flank trained

6. Provide the livelihood of warriors triumphant
With a piercing glance that leads squadrons to battle

7. Prepare for it the ample space of war, erect
On the back of a supple-sided stallion dappled

8. A brother of ease who spends his time attaining
That if he touched deaf rock it would turn verdant

9. Where is the heavy-raining cloud from his pouring bounty
Though the clouds of misfortune pour heavily

10. He cannot be trusted to give his soul
If the reins of generosity are loosened for the delegation

11. Generosity and munificence were created in him
While the pretender feigned them in ignorance

12. My virtue and glory have been stripped
By love for the son of nobles with my patience entwined

13. He wanders, distracted by passion, with swaying gait
And cheek whose water of youth flows gently

14. I delight my eyes with him, as though he were
A garden, above it beauty hovering

15. I have confessed to you the redness of my passion as if
The radiance of his brilliant sun had poured upon it

16. He rings in my hearing with a fervent voice
More gentle and sweet than the echo of bells speaking

17. Graceful he moved, and fair his features
Thereby freely making my morning and evening intoxicated