1. O victor, rejoice in victory
And don the finest garb of support

2. And enjoy the shade of auspice bearing
The sweetest fruit from the tree of desire

3. Return at dawn, after many a lonely night
Spent yearning for the joy of your company

4. When you were near, living was sweet
Fragrant with friendship, radiant each dawn

5. Whenever he wished, he could behold
A moon's nature in a Perseus' form

6. While without you he restless lies
Complaining to the lingering night

7. Tell our cupbearer to fill our cups
And our singer to string his tune

8. Drunken, we are, on the wine of your name
Not the drunkenness that makes one reel

9. My sickness has left me no respite
Though I have remained stoic throughout

10. O walker of the eloquent pulpit
Accompany the season if it turns to wine

11. By the one whom if he were to allow
Continued joy found far and wide

12. And when he reproached for a fault
His side of tolerance bent easy

13. My verse offered to the most eloquent
Who has crafted magic in prose or poem

14. For him the example forever remains
Of bringing dates to the land of dearth

15. Except the excuse is clear to see
When longing breaks out in complaint

16. Then a servant was granted success
As the Master's favor he did thank

17. None but your fortune determining
The judge of all its sides

18. And sip the wine of content by a king
Whose pleasure you sought in your deeds

19. When you marched against his enemies
Deaf to the words of detractors

20. A flood poured over them from above
Once their drink, now their grave

21. They preceded people, so from you prayed
Whoever saw their traces, desiccate

22. You two adorned the days as you reigned
With a torrent of boons flowing free

23. So remain in a kingdom so empowered
Some of whose borders are decreed by fate

24. Subduing the arrogant, uprooting oppression
Staying the despot, aiding the weak

25. Guiding the lost, comforting the worried
Informing the confused, enlightening the blind

26. Eras smile at your heights
As a meadow does at a flower