1. When the loving one reminds me of you or converses,
I become infatuated and obsessed with only you.

2. And if the leaves chirp in the heat of fever,
I compose poetry with melodious verses.

3. On an moonlit night, I recited my kinship ties,
that which sustains and echoes back.

4. I implored him by God, where is his companion?
Thus I became a supplicant of the moon in both states.

5. By God, a heart that strayed since its moon set,
By God, tears whose guidance it did not find.

6. A branch that bent when it was a second to its bending,
As if when it bent, it bent alone.

7. Tears streamed down my eyelids after him,
But when they streamed, they kept streaming.

8. The moon rose as the master of the beauty of his time,
So how many doors of tyranny opened since he assumed power!

9. I endured when he appeared unveiled but could not bear it.
And which lover can endure when unveiled?

10. The moon, the branches, the lion, and the gazelle -
when they graze, converse, touch, or appear.

11. If he is perfect among the moons,
my passion for him has cooled.

12. By my life, the time of youthful passion has passed,
So farewell my youth before the days stretch long.

13. In thirteen years after twenty pilgrimages,
It is time for an infatuated soul to take guidance.

14. The wind of misguidance has stilled and a soul
has desisted from straying - its right to worship.

15. The praise of the generous woke me, never to sleep again,
as I watch for the arrival of the stingy.

16. I said to a heart lost in the quarter of misguidance:
My friend, the time has come to return to guidance.

17. I was accustomed to praising the Prophet - verily
each person becomes accustomed to his own time.

18. Abu Al-Qasim, the chosen one from Hashim's lineage,
the most virtuous of mankind in soul, origin, and single-mindedness.

19. A prophet God tested, the noblest of His creation,
whose name when named in remembrance is Ahmad.

20. So honor through him a loyal, praising servant,
and bless through him a faithful, laudable master.

21. Destroyer of enemies, protector of companions, suppressor of deviance,
elucidator of guidance, quencher of thirst, magnanimous.

22. Dread his might, he is a torrent in bounty,
fear his power, he is a lion in battle.

23. Forbearing, insightful in friendship though unknown,
Noble - enough mentioning Ibn Mama in bounty.

24. How often the knights praised his courage,
and he returned more fervent and praised.

25. How many sinners came to him seeking deliverance
to save them in the hereafter, so he delivered and supported.

26. O best of God's creation, the supplication of a sinner
fearing the hellfire burning fiercely,

27. has through your praise a lofty pillar,
and through you its foundation became firmer and supported.

28. You who saved us from the evil of deviance,
you who guided us to the paths of guidance.

29. Would that I know - did I spend a night
in Mecca to heal this anguished heart?

30. Would that I drink the blissful water of Zamzam
and sate myself, strive, and succeed?

31. I am determined to leave my dwellings
to see at Zamzam's spring a place of repose.

32. O Lord, fulfill my hopes for I fear
being dismissed, exiled, and banned for long.

33. Far be it from You to turn away a sincere soul
hoping for Your approval to succeed.

34. He relies on none but You,
to reach through Ahmad's intercession Your bounty.

35. Upon him, God's prayers and peace,
and so upon his family and companions, paired and singular.