1. Strike with the sword of determination the necks of troubles
And unite the dispersed parts of the earth in the chain of secrets

2. And build bridges over the loss of loved ones, for he
Who feared the twists of fate cured the most dangerous ills

3. O God, you are my Lord, so what ill-fated troubles
Have befallen me, that I was called to resolve but failed?

4. I spoke of them but did not lie in describing them
Nor did I invent false tales

5. He reached the heights of leadership through governance
And never ceased plotting and conspiring

6. Seek his demise when misfortune befalls you
For all game is to be found in the belly of the wild beast

7. If I hope for good then Ibn Abbas is my hand
Or if I fear evil, my greatest fortress

8. I turned away from the vanity of men in chastity
And left them behind me, shunning the majority

9. Yet I was struck by childhood’s arrow of sorrows, shaking me
Whenever it struck a desolate place

10. I sought his position for a matter of love
And offered him the flowing praise of my poetry

11. But instead a boy came who never saw my service
Beside him, nor valued the wealth of favor

12. Rather he came to pull from the scabbard of my resolve
The arrow of time, though he was unworthy of me

13. I complained that my openness was my undoing
So he rebuked me for what I berated myself over

14. Such is the noble one, if I cling to his rope
He suffices me, managing a drifting affair

15. The fear of punishment never leaves when he extends
The necks of the stars as his mounted soldiers