1. For whom is a long separation though it grieved me not,
And passion surged or it surged for various colors?

2. Rather, a young gazelle of Yemen enchanted me,
A Yemeni one, for the generous are Yemeni.

3. Had I wished, my hands would have fondled the smooth skinned,
Except for the hands of a steed or beautiful women.

4. But I made a pact with one I will not betray,
So what faithful person, O Yazid, do you see me as?

5. And a liquor drinker who lifts the cup from the circle of booze,
And brings it down everywhere from it.

6. When the repentant became miserable, son of disgrace,
And the infant sucked its sweetness for milk.

7. When he cast the cup aside, it betrayed its right,
I wavered in it and the fingertips trembled.

8. I refused it then my vain efforts shortened,
And I resolved like an unrestrained slave girl.

9. And an old maid degraded like a whore’s stirrup,
For an unmarried man or for helpers.

10. So when my soul fulfilled what it fulfilled,
Through the severity and twists it reached.

11. I took the rope of Muhammad’s ropes,
I felt safe with it from the vicissitudes of events.

12. I covered myself in the shade of his wing from my fate,
So my eye sees my fate but it does not see me.

13. If the days were asked what my name is, they would not know,
And where is my place, they would not know my place.

14. Muhammad made the difficulties of problems subside,
So he became praised by every tongue.

15. Muhammad's generosity is too lofty for comparison,
When his palms rain with gifts.

16. The heavens' favors and his palm make you oblivious,
It is generous with the nectar of palms at all times.

17. And if the aid of spears grew firm in war, for it
With the boldness of a lion in the striking of its canines.

18. So no one is more openhanded with his soul’s sacrifice,
For death and the spears are outstretched.

19. You succeeded Abu Uthman in every righteousness,
And I swore none will build your building after you.