1. I called you to the drowsy eyelid and scattered little sleep,
Not out of stinginess with life, which is the first thing offered to the first guest.

2. My troubles are not because their burden weighs heavily on me,
Nor are my worries things I would say to him.

3. I have not stopped being a person exposed
To the arrows of enemies - if they miss, it's as if they hit.

4. But I choose the death of the sons of my father
Over the neighing of horses with no pillow.

5. And I refuse and refuse to die pillowed
By the hands of the Christians, a death that pales the liver.

6. I have worn the robe of my torment for days,
But I have not worn the robe of perseverance.

7. I am but between two opposites
Renewed for me every day.

8. So, promise me safety with good patience
And threaten me with destruction and betrayal.

9. I turn my eyes between a shackled prisoner
And an ally in chains.

10. I called you while the doors rattled around us
So be the best guest and most generous helper.

11. One like you is called for every glory,
And one like me is ransomed for every misery.

12. I call you - not because I fear destruction
Nor because I expect the delay of a day until tomorrow,

13. The archer has been broken and the enemy subdued
And the awe of the honored one cast down,

14. But I refused to die in a foreign land
By the hands of the Christians - the death of pale liver.

15. So do not leave the enemies to rejoice around me
Or cut off asking about me and sit.

16. Do not sit while my ransom is permitted
For you are not one who avoids noble deeds.

17. How much gratitude and bounty from me
Raised my worth and increased my enviers!

18. Take hold of it boldly before losing it
And rise sincerely to save me and sit.

19. For if you die after today, my destruction reproaches you -
The perdition of sanctuaries, the loss of the worshipped one.

20. They have withheld his ransom and so they became
Mockers of the intended rhyme.

21. Nor was his death novel, but that they
Reproach when the ransom was permitted and not paid.

22. Was not even the Roman dog kinder than you
And more desirous of earning enduring praise?

23. Nor have the enemies managed to clash
While you sit back from this outstanding one.

24. Have they become accustomed to hold me captive
While you are not accustomed to hold them captive?

25. When will the days bring forth someone like me,
Long of generous sword and broad of authority?

26. When will the days give birth to someone like me for you,
Hard against adversity and not twisted?

27. For if you ransom me, you ransom the honor of highness
And the swiftest helper accustomed to it,

28. And if you ransom me, you ransom for your highness
An unwavering youth of tongue or hand,

29. Who defends your reputation with his tongue
And strikes for you with the sharpened blade.

30. Not everyone who desired glory attained it,
Nor is every traveller guided to glory.

31. Save me from the stumbling of fate - it
Struck me with an arrow, sure and aimed!

32. Had my soul not gained your loyalty, I would not
Have led it into supporting you at every opportunity,

33. Nor would I have met a thousand flashing-eyed warriors
With seventy among them, each more bitter than vinegar.

34. No! By the one whose arms are like no arms!
No! By the one whose lords are like no lords!

35. No! By the one who rips open the days, so he climbs them
Only by accurate command!

36. You are the Master I follow,
You are the star by which I am guided.

37. You are the one who introduced me to the ways of glory,
You are the one who guided me to every goal.

38. You are the one who elevated me to every rank
I walked to over the necks of my enviers.

39. O dresser of favors too mighty to appreciate fully,
Those clothes have certainly brought splendor!

40. Do you not see that through you I have grasped their limit
And through you I have drunk death undiverted?

41. They say, "Abandon a habit you have known
That is hard on man if he's not accustomed."

42. So I said, no - by God, will any sayer say
I witnessed a painful spectacle of war for him?

43. Rather, I will meet it - either it is death,
Which I suspect, or established mighty empire.

44. I did not know fate counted my enemies
And the black fates cast from the hand,

45. You remain protected from harm, son of Abdullah
Ransomed by a lord after lord from us,

46. With the life of Masoud and the days of Salem
And the bounty of the fortunate and state of the envied!

47. May God not deprive me of your companionship - it
Is what I want from this world, my fortune and pillar!