1. A home abandoned by its people holds no charm for me
No friend mourns it, no ruins mark where it used to be

2. No vestiges remain for me to weep, no traces stay
Of neighbors gone or home folk moved away

3. No winding path by which my memory strays
On a barren desert spot where once it lay

4. No year I spent with it, and summer overtook me there
No campsite where my tribe pitched tents with love and care

5. Sorrow itself cannot look out from my eyes and know
Nor can the hills and plains discern my inner woe

6. I mourn no meadow save what once I saw therein
A castle lofty-towered, with palms close nestled in

7. So you may know me if you really try,
And tell others too if they should ask of I

8. Palms when their beauty's garments are laid bare
Show clusters hung that draw the bees' buzz there

9. Beneath their drooping fronds lie glistening pearls
In order strewn, linked like necklaces of girls

10. An artful plucker knows their ways and picks with care
Maidens' robes slip off, their anklets show them bare

11. He plucks the first and last and leaves no fruit to spare
By dawn, the palms are filled with seeds beyond compare

12. No maiden shunned him for modesty or shame
No bride gift asked, no reason could defame

13. The buds take in, the fronds spread free and wide
Their catkins scatter, by the wind they glide

14. For two months gently nursed, those clusters bide
Then loosen strands of gleaming gems inside

15. Pale yellow and red, glowing like embers bright
All night they feed until the honey's might

16. Permeates each cell and makes the juices right
If only kissing those sweet lips I might!

17. Amid the branches money sways, no fear or plight
Of wolves for lambs where all is calm and right

18. The birds will greet you with their tuneful chorus
Bulbuls lament, their mates snatched off in sight

19. Describe it well, speak true about its essence
To lengthen life for one who sings its might

20. Beyond illusions, traces, ruins and the past
My passion and this ode will firmer last

21. Why should I praise or blame our human race
When from each person I can learn and grow

22. Long life provides, if judgment I can face
And when I'm thirsty or hungry, help will flow