1. Her eye, with the kohl of its tears,
Is kept awake by endless cares,

2. Its sorrows made lovely through weeping,
As if its tears were beauty's wares.

3. It weeps for a heart hurt with yearning
Prolonged, and the meeting it forswears.

4. Scorched by a fire smouldering, lurking,
Between the ribs, like burning coals.

5. Bewildered by longing for a fawn
Won by betrayal and distance and loss.

6. It captured hearts with a glance that enchants,
A lovely houri, her look makes men thrall.

7. The moon, smitten, looks on as she passes,
A branch bowed down, as if shocked by a fall.

8. No cure avails the love-maddened lover
If passion is sated or weary or faint.

9. You honoured me, gave me high hopes now fulfilled,
Your bounty has never been scant or stint.

10. You favoured me, though we were strangers,
Cloudburst, and worthy of dew's beneficence.

11. The steed gallops on thanks to its sire,
The branch is as noble as that of the roots.

12. In Quraish I have a fresh spring arising,
A hill is its source, though it sprouts on the flat.

13. O he who deserves every honour and favour,
Of word and deed the most lavish recipient!

14. Bounty's his way, generosity his creed,
To his hands returns all bounty spent.

15. Son of the noblest sires of glory,
Last heir of prophets and apostles saint!

16. No man is dead whom heirs like you follow,
The noble keep alive their line descent.

17. You brought Moses and his people to life,
Won through them blessings and favours galore.

18. True ancestors, matchless, unequalled,
And none can compare with you evermore!

19. You made their legacy live for all time,
They lived their days, but you live on and soar!