1. Morning cleaved the shackles of darkness
And the knot of stars in Gemini unraveled

2. The crowns of flowers in the meadows were adorned
With the wonders of dewdrops' pearls

3. The breeze flowed, shaking off its cloak
Rustling through the falling raindrops

4. The doves rose on the pulpits of branches
Announcing the eloquence of orators' tongues

5. Calling, as the air softened, to the graceful
Flock whose whiteness flowered

6. Had he not been the king of birds, he would not have bent
To walk with the gait of the proud, crowned

7. The wine of early dawn sipped
To the dance of branches and coo of doves

8. With cheeks that seem as though their brows
Are full moons gleaming in the gloom of darkness

9. As if with the palm that shades her eyelids
She holds a fire kindled in water

10. In the magic of her glances and wine of her saliva
Is the madness of minds and ruin of limbs

11. O killer of eyes, for they are
My sickness, which I bear, and my remedy

12. O you, stop! For were it not that I
Cannot break a pact or loyalty

13. I would have achieved what I hope for with real effort
Like a nimble climber scaling a black mountain

14. And come to your abode with companions
Who took their courage from their fathers

15. And revealed, O Asma, the sweet greeting
And fragrant red rose to them

16. But I headed to endurance and did not say
Burden me with separation from the fickle

17. Patience compelled me when I saw
Youth coming and leaving behind me

18. And I heard the caller to generosity's feast
Inviting the company of the poor

19. So I saddled the steeds of grace who never complain
Of night journeys or long travels

20. With swords of water sheathed at their sides
Polished bare, gleaming in the white desert

21. I rejoiced when I arrived at his door
With my luggage, the happiest of faces

22. And I attained between his right hand and brow
Timeless manner and full moon

23. The spreading of his conversation and gardens
Diffused the breath of a melodious meadow

24. His eloquence and radiant face filled
The ear of the listener and eye of the beholder

25. A cup of good deeds, and he is
Protected from the shame of flaws

26. Fierce yet gentle of nature
Like time, combining ease and hardship

27. Open-handed with bounty, pouring generosity
Like rainfall on vegetation and plains

28. In vile times his brilliance grows
Like the full moon on a clear night

29. Dispelling with his counsel the clouds of afflictions
For fortune favors the sound of mind

30. Delighting in two wines - the wine of nobility
From which he never refrains, and the wine of modesty

31. O son of nobles, the call of one made glad
By your shunning of the arrogant

32. Congratulations on an Eid that recounted your virtues
Though you then eclipse even peers

33. If one could articulate, due to your stature in his eyes,
Joining the ranks of poets