1. In the dwellings of the dear
We were delighted by the purity of the nights

2. Adorned and radiant
In elegance and majesty

3. Illuminated by pearls
Of masters and loyalists

4. And stars of beauty
And suns of perfection

5. As if they were houses of John
When time is loyal

6. To glory and intimacy in them
Are facets and spaces

7. Time walks to them
Cloaked in shadows

8. How entanglement of minds
When summits intertwine

9. The wailing women
In the mind, what evening conversations

10. The gentle dreamy ones
The idle fanciful ones

11. Strolling coquettishly
Passing by longingly

12. From a fawn then it looks
And a doe walking proudly

13. And a gazelle bending
In my comfort, a hill

14. Oh night we meet
An age in the nights

15. In the house of glorious Amjad
Kind and preferring

16. Eminent among Muslims
And dear among Copts

17. And the daughter of Shamban picking
On citrus fruit branches

18. Time has come upon her
From the past years

19. Yet she remains a girl
Desired for union

20. John Hani's son could almost
With his radiance that shines

21. I drank her and my dignity
Safe from declining

22. The vessel of bliss but
Steady like mountains

23. It eased my mind that I
Do not care for envious ones

24. And the sincere are protected
And the loving made precious

25. I was delighted and life is amusement
No need for chastity or wealth

26. With loyalty of the faithful
And Peter and family