1. Oh, if only I had fallen in love with the night
When dawn was shining and the stars were still twinkling

2. Beams from the necks of a night as if they were
Cats lapping water from a bright pond

3. I take medicine to heal what God has perfectly crafted
When not treating the beads their makers have strung

4. With the throats of slender waists that do not burden a lover
When their collarbones have donned necklaces

5. They help a lost one at the edge of the desert
Sheltering them, giving them family and homes

6. Cloaked in dust, squat, as if they were
Tent pegs without their ropes and poles

7. They took up residence in the empty quarters of barren lands
Thus they are protected by the expanse of the wilderness

8. Yet we were led away from a land we love
By an imam whose legacy continues

9. More treacherous than Marwan and Layla, as if he were
A sharpened sword with polished edges cutting

10. He is the branch from Abd Manaf, both of them
Ending with him, their glory and friendship

11. When he appears to onlookers it is as if
A crescent has risen in the darkness of night

12. Every wealthy man is content with his actions
And every noble man is humble before him

13. He is death at times, and yet he
Is a life-giving rain that gives life to people far and wide

14. No one appears before him from behind his veil
Except bowed in humility, in awe

15. We hope for his grace and fear him
And treat both cautiously

16. He has a pouch containing both life and surahs
That can kill, and a forbearance sweeter than honey