1. Turn your eyelids from my passionate love for a little while,
For I have filled it with sharp swords and tips of spears.

2. And remember those pacts, for I have become
Infatuated and preoccupied with them.

3. Do not think the length of separation has made me
Long for you all the more confusedly.

4. By Allah, frivolity has not occurred to me,
And I was determined, but found no way.

5. Would that I knew if a greeting of mine
Had come to you, sent by the messenger wind?

6. I who was known to keep the pact of love for you,
Seek no crookedness or change.

7. Do not deny my anguish for your love, for passion
Has left me no composure or sense.

8. I ransom my farewell one who was not calmed
Save by my hastened farewell.

9. She said, as she leaned weakly by the travelling supplies,
“Would that I had not taken you as a friend!”

10. She shed tears, and each time she sprinkled them
On her rosy cheek, I wiped them away with a kiss.

11. So I stood up while she pulled my cloak
And said “Won’t you stop for a little?”

12. I paused seeking to restrain her worries
And prolong my pleading and begging.

13. She continued to address me in talks that in my hearing
Swayed with submissiveness.

14. Until when she was relieved and the reins of her supplies
Were held by the palm trees, she approached me farewelling.

15. So I cast at her glances that pierced my soul
And sought help from her for a short time.

16. There my eyes poured out tears
And I took on a heavy burden of passion.

17. I stayed with my noble lady until when
They said that I had clearly taken to traveling.

18. I turned away from talk of love and its people,
With forbearance, and awakened my wishes and determination.

19. I headed to his noble field asking
For his kindness, so he returned me satisfied.

20. So he settled me in a position such that if I wished
To sacrifice myself for his mighty dignity, I could have.

21. He whose nobility, generosity, perfection and lineage
Men praise is the brilliant, pure one.

22. Verses of his wise governance were revealed,
Whose occurrences against his enemies are recited morning and night.

23. Inevitable destiny flows freely by his will,
He does not seek to divert it from its purpose.

24. In the field of his nobility are rising signs
That do not fear setting each day.

25. He vowed to enshrine a Quran in the pages of his cheek
When “you will not be wronged” was revealed.

26. Look at him when he sits steady in his assembly,
And lower your wing if you wish to alight.

27. For there is that which humbles eyes in reverence
And averts glances from you in submission.

28. He of pure, cheerful countenance whose creed
Is praised, for it has undertaken testimony.

29. He was granted leadership until we thought him
To be God's deputy in sustaining people.

30. His virtues have been perfected and his perfection increased,
So he clothed Perfection, leaving no need for addition.

31. Whoever meets them meets a brimming sea
On the day of pride that has been burnished smooth.

32. He has purified his speech, so he says nothing
Unless he intends praise.

33. For the family of Mu'aybid is an abode so high
None can hope to reach it.

34. Close in virtues, lineage and ties,
Resembling in manners, natures and dispositions.

35. They have outshone stars in glory and have been adorned with life
By generosity, surpassing all minds.

36. O chief minister, to you I have presented her,
Telling of wishes and acceptance.

37. A maiden whose bride-price none can pay,
So greet her abundantly and prepare her.

38. Dress her in a system of jewels that detail
Praise of you, strung on a necklace.

39. Poetry I have established on the sincerity of my love,
Bearing undisputed testimony to you.

40. With it I do not deserve reward from you -
Poetry humbles me if it is recited.

41. If what I have breathed in praise of you
Is abundant, you have given abundantly.

42. You have clothed me in status and I have been enriched by your favor.
You have laid out for me in your field a place to rest.

43. You have raised me up and I have trampled the brows of foes,
Strutting among them, dragging my train.

44. So when I praise you, you are a generous celebrant,
Drenching yourself in poetry praising you.

45. In truth, your great length has left me
No extensive praise or eulogy to recount.

46. May God lengthen the shade of His protection over you,
A sheltering shade over you.