1. Slowly, slowly, O swift ships,
Their hooves have transgressed in the valleys.

2. And they led us to those lands in the evening,
And lodged eyes with the thronging of desires.

3. Lands whose dawn is illuminated to be guided,
So wondrous is the east in the west.

4. Upon it is the darkness of hands fluttering announcing
With a secret concealed, encompassing virtues.

5. As if its brilliance almost snuffed out its light
At the eye of one hurled with misfortunes.

6. You imagined the flash of lightning on its gloomy horizon
A stream of light or the lamps of a monk.

7. May he who granted you life water you with copious, sweet rain
With the best company and most beneficial companion.

8. So how often virtuous rituals passed me in its regions
I took off over its traces all faults.

9. I kissed those tender lips its borders
As I kissed the feet of its valleys.

10. I sought you while adversity blew between us
Settling like impenetrable darkness.

11. And when it insisted on preceding the meeting
I broke its neck so it was like a companion.

12. With a glance that misses the glance when it pours forth
And determination that cracks eggs at contention.

13. So I did not cease winding through valley after valley
And roamed its valleys and all the branches.

14. Until the tail of darkness appeared torn
And the thread of pearls of stars poured forth in it.

15. And the ruins of the protective settlement and its features shone
And when the light appeared, I said to my companion:

16. "Wake, what is this which delighted the horizon
With radiance and filled the horizon on all sides?"

17. So he said, "It is the fortified stronghold in existence
Lofty principles, sublimity, and talents."

18. So I said, "Do you mean Sidon?" And he said to me
"Yes, that is what I mean, I am no liar."

19. So excellent are those lands, excellent is
Roving in them one day to remove faults.

20. And excellent is that fortified stronghold whose roots
Are lofty building, beauty, and virtues.

21. It pounds the opposing peaks when battling them
And splits their summits without scaffolds.

22. So the scent of its corners wafted amongst a people
Who saw utmost benevolence as prudent.

23. For neither is the secret being spread among them, nor desire
Swerving them at resolve and tribulations.

24. And they have achieved morals in the institute of piety
And the fire of tests has purified them.

25. I complained to them while yearning led me
To where hopes lead, driving tribulations.

26. O residents of the quarters, for God, convey
My greetings to she who is most beloved of my loved ones.

27. The refuge of existence and treasure on the day of my arrival
When I come to God coming as a devout worshipper.

28. So at your service Mary, then at your service, and my matter
Is that I am obedient, never a fugitive.

29. O branch of Jesse, you have become a root of his success
And do not be surprised at the sun beneath the planets.

30. For she is immune from any blemish of dispraise
Innocent of any call of fault.

31. Truly purified in the repository of the breast
You ascended above both worlds, O best creator.

32. Lo, O daughter of glorious ancestry whose glory
Her glory transcended until it ended in the west.

33. O receptacle of the secrets of God, I complained to you
Of the burdens of sins and worries.

34. I sought you while the mind guided me
From sorrow though its edges enveloped me.

35. Illuminate my darkness and show compassion to my humiliation
It suffices you a sinner who has come to you in battalions.

36. For there is no success but in your protected refuge
And no guidance but in your guidance my steps.

37. Upon you is the peace of God, so long as a bird sang
In the branches of trees, the weeping of elegists.

38. Upon you is the peace of God, so long as the pasture was verdant
And the mouth of the flower met the rain of clouds.

39. Upon you is the peace of God, so long as the dawn shone
With a sun that removed the weaving of those plots.

40. Upon you is the peace of God, so long as a poet was generous
With the daughter of a thought veiled in purity.