1. Why does my beauty not grant me sleep
While it pleases her to keep me awake and prolong my insomnia

2. Is she miserly and stingy that her image should visit me
And join me and thus increase my misery

3. Is she miserly with her apparition, she who
Was once seeking my companionship and affection

4. And now stumbles over the beads of his teardrops
Saying to the desperate one, I give him hope of happiness

5. So if she becomes kind or turns cruel
Passion prevails, so she gets what she wants from me

6. O light of the shining full moon, O sorrow
Of the delicate branch, O seduction of the ascetics

7. How could it harm you the day our camel litter was loaded
And the camel driver was listening to the guide

8. If only you had looked at your slain victim with one glance
It would be provision on the journey to the abyss

9. O my critic, do not divulge the secret of my love
It is the secret of one knowledgeable and critical

10. I love she who is out of reach, I try to be close to her
No matter how much enmity, transgression and return she wants

11. A coquette protected by her beauty, and at times
Protected by the tips of the sharp spears

12. She blames the manners of the times upon me
And turns away from them while she is hostile to me

13. And sometimes I pardon and divert my resolve
To praise the owner of my companionship and affection

14. The excellent, generous Ahmed
I mean the host of guests and the one who feeds others

15. He is the secret of writing and he is the scribe of its secret
It appeared dripping the quintessence of livers

16. After its customs were almost erased
As if they were watered with the juice of crushed grapes

17. So he came renewing its pride and extending it
With wonders like jewelry on the necks of steeds

18. More delicious to the ears than attaining what is wished for
And sweeter than a reunion without an appointed time

19. Tokens of benevolence, I made its seasons
Recited through the ages and inhabited places

20. A favor from the refuge poured upon you
Thank it for it repeats provision

21. And remember your brother, hostage to your gratitude, he
Is on the watch for the tricks of fate

22. You embarrassed us while you, you are my comfort
From what I hope for from the inaccessible leader

23. I am not helpless so I have no apology for him
Are you not the place of intimacy and hands

24. And to you, O charming, the beauty of her conversation
Captivates the ears with recitation

25. She came shyly congratulating your glory
On the feast—may you last for feasts

26. While my envious glance envies you
You still remain lofty, with enviers

27. And you continue renewing its mark for the lofty
And are guarded for granting and happiness

28. No dawn has appeared after a long dark night
And the leaves sang upon the branches