1. What is wrong with a yearner whose abode is misery
Whenever the sword of lightning unsheathed from the scabbard of dark clouds?

2. Passion inflamed him, so they both ignited
When the morning breeze greeted him from Tunisia

3. The abode of bliss and paradise of souls
And the wish of every refined and well-versed man

4. Appears in her glamour like a bride
When she emerges from afar or near

5. Her Creator protected her from all misery
And spared her from every wretched miser

6. He quenched her thirst, cared for her, and guarded her
And clothed her in garments of silk

7. A city that has become a sanctuary for my companions
And the regret of the life of souls

8. May God protect my beloved in it
While he is in the beholder's eye, nay in eternity

9. Molded with gentleness, charm and elegance
So my patience withered and my body weakened

10. It suffices my soul in passion for her love
Which I found in the affection of her who has a seated abode

11. I loved my gathering with him when we convened
While he was amidst the necklace of that council

12. His mouth my cup, and my wine from his saliva
A gurgling of my ambergris and smooth wine

13. In nights when worries saddled the planets
And the fifth one ventured in every intimacy

14. And the boon companions had shed the garb of dignity
And freely moved towards what souls desire

15. With a rebabah engulfing a lute that soared
Around a crooner, singer, and companion

16. How is my state in my travel after
My soul parted from the companion soul?

17. Bestow upon them a greeting from me, perhaps
How is my patience from the absence of the noble scion?

18. The scribe of the Maghreb without contention
And the eloquent tongue of the state

19. Of eloquent expression that surpassed predecessors
So the arduous succumbed and the untamed submitted

20. Ahmad the virtuous, I mean the son of the guest
The intrepid vizier, straightforward and wise

21. A gem in our time that shone
Then bowed like a radiant sun

22. Why does the tongue of religion hurl spears
O days of companionship with Al-Andalus!

23. The proof of the time and evidence of countries
Whose splendor encompassed the two rivers

24. Wearing pride, charm, and beauty
Safeguarding glory and lofty adornments

25. With meanings that even transmissions fell short of
Where is one who can recount Abu Al-‘Abbas? Where?

26. He singled me out with proximity when we convened
With hands that spoke though mute

27. And he took over my affairs until they reached the sky
His market among the impeccable maidens

28. Receive her, O virtuous one, with delight and shyness
From a sincere lover, distant in burial

29. Concealing anguish, devoid of sternness
She embellished your words in those lands

30. When it roamed them like a proverb
Tunisia, intimate bliss, for her is my longing

31. The excursion of the soul and spirit of the soul
Its people have become stars in the sky

32. That shone amongst the necklace of pure souls