1. How strange is the firmness of passion that burns unflinchingly,
And the love in a heart where its fuel took hold as a spark.

2. I knew this heart to be devout,
So why is its torment destined to last?

3. My soul's ruin in loving you is its life,
And my heart's dissolution in your pleasure is its existence.

4. And if you doubt, ask the witnesses of my tears
For their truthfulness in my eyelids is evident.

5. Do you remember the days of ardor and their pacts?
By God, those days of passion and their covenants!

6. When life's days were serene and youth carefree,
Its garments pliant, soft and silky.

7. But now nearness in love from us
Is distant, blocked by barriers to union.

8. A twinkling star has pained me,
Agonizing the stalwart core of my heart.

9. It hid in the wing of night amid the swoon of passion,
Falling, piercing the clouds, its strands scattered.

10. Over the traces of the beloved it hovered as a mirage,
And I thought my eyes in that moment poured forth their waters.

11. As if the light of Joseph's forehead was its light,
And its shimmering mirage was his mantle's train.

12. A just king whose shade trembles as he establishes truth,
For truth makes the archways quiver mightily.

13. The Lord of the Throne endowed him with a verse of pride
Decreeing that kings are but his servants.

14. He protected the peninsula, bearing its burdens,
With an army whose multitude could not be counted.

15. Holding fast to the means of ascension,
Wherein God's preservation cannot be undone.

16. The Prophet's helpers were his ancestors,
So the angels of the seven heavens are his soldiers.

17. The branches of his spears budded
With the anemones of mighty triumph.

18. He readied the tackle of war like cruisers
That race on their heels are lions dark.

19. Of every smooth, preceding courser,
Its splendor dims not amidst the flames of war.

20. He aims the distant goal and it recoils,
While its seeking returns far reaching.

21. He comes close to unfurling the crescent when traveling at night,
And mimics the shining sun with his headband.

22. And white bows were given to drink the blood of foes,
So their flexing appeared crimson on their arc.

23. And supple coats of mail whose weave
Was destined by David in its tight plaiting.

24. And smooth spears that incline toward the arrows of doom,
Striking their intended marks unerringly.

25. Misguidance by them is laid waste, its vegetation withering,
While by the religion of divine oneness its stakes grow verdant.

26. Successor of the Merciful, and king whose lineage
Thrives, cultivated from the loins of Khazraj.

27. What can an eulogizer adorn in praising you
When his sea of praise is not richly streaming?

28. Not the blossoms of the valley's garden bed, watered by dew,
With lightning flashing over it and thunder sounding.

29. The train of hanging pearls in its leaves
Dispersed like scattered pearly beads freed of knots.

30. As if it blossomed on the riverbank,
Its willow frond whispering its secret.

31. With jasmine whose petals split from the dew's moisture,
And lilies hardened by the cold upon them.

32. The boughs of acacia in it seem to pray in devotion,
Bowing down and prostrating in worship.

33. In composing from a stream of fragrant praise,
To be gifted to your unique gathering of nobility.

34. You have dressed this kingdom in the garb of augustness
That remains novel over time however long.

35. You have supported the religion of God, O son of its helper,
Until it towered high above the celestial dome.

36. You have striven against the religion of unbelief until you erased it,
While the recalcitrant sought peace from you.

37. And you followed in the steps of the Prophet enacting
What his truthful companion and martyr carried out.

38. You met the month of fasting with what it deserves,
As sustenance descends abundantly from God’s grace.

39. You completed the nights in full with recitation,
Whose rising conveyance attains acceptance.

40. And you have set out with the finest initiative for alms,
Its coolness moistening parched hearts.

41. So may its fast reward you abundantly,
And may its feast gift you triumphant victory.

42. Rejoice in this as the happiest recipient,
Since by Muslim might its fortunes have risen!

43. When you passed by the prayer spot in the morning
With dust clinging to your feet,

44. You fulfilled the right of Islamic law intentionally,
Pursuing what the righteous kings firmly establish.

45. So live forever, last eternally, enjoying perfect bounty,
An everlasting kingdom none can equal!

46. May your remembrance in the plain remain forever,
And your praiseworthy traits be seen throughout time.

47. Whoever of your enemies intends evil against your kingdom,
God will be plotting his deception!