1. O you whose penetrating eyes observe me,
My testimony has no trace of falsehood.

2. When the night of misfortune casts its veil,
The light of your wisdom illuminates it.

3. Your view is a stern sword,
Anger against enemies, renowned.

4. The birds whose secret is
Verses that gladden my heart came to me.

5. Poetry is magic, so do not deny
That I have lived enchanted by it.

6. If words and paper are likened
To musk and camphor.

7. And when my mind grew bold,
A sparrow answered.

8. It is to the army of birds as my thoughts
A falcon that attacked and was defeated.

9. A verse shone for me, my heart is accustomed
To your love being confined to it.

10. Your share of my gratitude, my master,
Is abundant in what you have shown me.

11. I fell short in my composition, so forgive one
Who falls short before you, excused.

12. For if you compose poetry or prose,
Both verse and prose are impoverished.

13. No garden of good fortune equals you in
Honor and noble station.