1. Rejoice, for you have obtained what you hope for in haste,
And God has made easy what you desire of hope.

2. And the world has helped you in what you wish for,
So delight in continual good fortune.

3. And rule over fate, and do what you want with it,
For fate is submissive to you, and the days are like a mare.

4. You have never called for a full moon that did not rise,
Nor commanded an order that could not be executed.

5. The pleasure of life is only in seeking entertainment,
Or union with a beloved without disaffection or boredom.

6. Take it like the radiance of the pure sun,
Rosy, in which you do not listen to blame.

7. From the palm of a charming sorceress of glances,
A beauty who struts between jewelry and gowns.

8. When she hums or bends her tendrils playfully,
The gazelle is in a glance, and the branch is in an inclination.

9. The greenest of gardens became lively at dawn,
And the branch leaned like a drunk leaner.

10. Until when the sun inclined toward its sunset,
As if it were a lover crying over ruins.

11. And the night veiled from us the beauty of its view
With a curtain of darkness fallen down.

12. Neither do the suns of beauty shine upon us,
Nor a sky other than veils and anklets.

13. And in the faces we have a garden whose flowers
Are of a cheek, or narcissus of an eyelid.

14. And the best a lover’s palm has obtained
Is wine from saliva, or transport from kisses.

15. So enjoy intimacy a day if you obtain it
In a state that became one of the happiest states.

16. The days of Joseph are renewed feasts
In which cares withdrew from people one day.

17. And they became like the clear spring, laughing,
When the sun settled in Aries.

18. He proceeded with justice in affection and in the breast,
And watched God in saying and in deed.

19. Its lights shine in the sky of justice,
Appearing, and its traces captive of example.

20. It continues in glory whose springs are clear,
Conveying all that he hopes for of aspiration.