1. Hamid, is there anyone like Hamid in this world?
My brother, unmatched among companions of purity and faith,

2. His new brotherhood is like the old, his companionship
A beloved, and how much pleasure there is in the new!

3. When his name is mentioned with roses, I almost
Choke on the watered wine in my glass.

4. I stand up longing, and sit down burning with love,
So in this love my standing and sitting are one.

5. O my paradise counted out for misfortunes,
O my supplies, my armoury and stock,

6. O paradise of eternity promised us,
I am as if I already possess its eternity.

7. Had my heart not gone travelling to see you
And journeyed tiredly like a courier,

8. I would have remembered Baghdad, o its lost life,
And said to my eyes, “Spare your tears!”

9. I shot a well-aimed arrow into the distance,
Though not every arrow finds its mark.

10. Did you mean for the vein or the heart?
You did not miss, fixing it in my core.

11. May God grant that we are brought together again
And follow estrangement with reunion.