1. The eyelids bloomed with the secret of his passion,
When sorrows came to his heart.

2. He kept hiding it and showing it through weeping,
Until confiding and declaring became the same.

3. And he folded the pages of youth concealing,
So his tears became a title for her.

4. Do not blame him if his tears flowed,
For separation and abandonment afflicted him.

5. They went away, could they not give him a glance,
While the gazelles scattered around.

6. If it is good with the people of the sanctuary
To kill, then where is goodness and benevolence?

7. I did not know before the scattering of companions,
That love - my friend - is humiliation.

8. They appeared and the houses shone like stars rising,
The breeze blew and the branches swayed.

9. On the carriages a beauty smiled,
Eden though Redwan was unaware of her.

10. When she pretended to carry her train,
The delicate stature of Na'man submitted.

11. You were honored but now you are disgraced,
And from the afflictions of love, I honor and humiliate you.

12. Her charms brought the north wind, so like
A passionate lover I was blown away.

13. I knew her to be compliant to love, as my aspect
Was fresh and the branch of my youth flourishing.

14. I drag the train of my youth randomly,
As the train was dragged for it.

15. O life, if you are lost, the stuffing of my essence
Is fire and the outpouring of my tears a flood.

16. Time passed and Ahmad bin Muhammad
Has glory beyond which Kayan's glory diminishes.

17. We have ink from his rest and knowledge,
Each like heavy abundant rain.

18. Alexandria adorned itself with delight through him,
And the height of its glory longed for Baghdan.

19. The ranks of supremacy honored him,
Say, how can realms not take pride?

20. The eye of every leader desired him lovingly,
Each infatuated and passionate.

21. His bright smile delighted, so time shone
Perplexed by the light of his face.

22. Or do you not see Ramadan approaching laughing,
While Sha'ban left regretfully?

23. When God loves a servant, he remains
In all hearts a place for his passion.

24. In his palm, tongue and soul,
For us are favor, faith and safety.

25. On his gardens of rhetoric and eloquence,
Eyes and ears marvel.

26. What can I say, and he has shown virtues,
That exalted, of which no human can boast?

27. If I say, like the full moon in beauty of sight,
The moon itself can be diminished by flaws.

28. If I say, the clouds tell of his generosity,
Yet their downpour is limited.

29. O guardian of the faith, hear praise of him,
That strengthened pillars and set caravans moving.

30. For you are smiling in the face of virtues,
Slender in waist and human in the eye of supremacy.

31. You restored me from humiliation to honor,
And man is honored at times and disgraced at others.

32. Time makes me incline toward others, and yet
Not every pasture is fertile Sa'dan.

33. I admit I am incapable
Of thanking you for what you have given me, and clouds have watered me.