1. The breeze of dawn bent her slender shape, so she swayed gently,
And birds of passion sang of her, warbling sweet melodies.

2. The vigor of youth stirred her being and made her tremble,
So she shook her spear at us and flung arrows swift as lightning.

3. With eyes like antelope she gazed at us coyly from afar,
Her glances, drunk with passion, tempting hearts to love's surrender.

4. She swayed a fragrant branch, evading its insistent clasp,
Like a sand dune slipping down, confused, though standing firm.

5. By my father! How those glances shot their shafts - till dawn
Left the youths' eyes bloodshot, and desire made them sleepless!

6. Eyes too narrow to grant us a quarter of their glance.
Not miserly were they, just honoring duty's covenant.

7. And lips sweet as ripened dates - how we miss sipping their nectar!
Many's the morning they quenched the thirst of my longing heart.

8. Pearl teeth flashed beneath her lips, ruby-red as though tattooed,
Gleaming within that garden where roses bloomed at dawn,

9. Roses we'd pluck, though longing ever made the roses new,
Like water sparkling in crystal that refreshed the soul at dawn.

10. May God let our days be spent fulfilling sacred duties,
As the Companions did, both alone and congregation.

11. The Qur'an shone with verses that illuminated dawn,
Till overwhelmed, we bowed down prostrate, given to devotion.

12. Nights with you shone with stars of union, guiding every limb.
A weeping damsel spilled pearls over carnelian flame dispersed.

13. She saw me ready to set out, resolved, with sword upheld.
Asked me, "Where are you bound? We're helpless without you here.

14. Hearts we've turned to you - how can their beloved disappear,
Leaving them neglected, spurned?" I said, "Let me be,

15. For I will follow the noble deeds told in tradition."
Thirsting for valiant company, for only in the desert heat

16. And pathless track are cool sweet waters sipped with joy.
I will seek a sea whose adventurous all find their thirst increased

17. Till in noble generosity it surges, foam-crested waves.
I will stay in a house where circling it delights,

18. And the courtyard's pebbles, if they could speak, would tell fine tales.
A place where rights are given to rightful claimants,

19. Where the noble of rank are the elite, both old and young.
When asked, "Who will grant you your rightful due?" I said: "My father Ahmad -

20. Through the Abbas he resembles Full Moon Muhammad."
The radiance of the stars is dimmed by his brilliance.

21. Truly, he rivals sun and moon and the planets!
They are the noblest of Arabs, honored above all

22. By the Best of Creation, the Seal of Prophets.
Raiment of the Caliphate they donned, so elegant,

23. The Fountain of Al-Sakaya has been their drinking place.
Through Ahmad's son their glory has long shone bright.

24. Through him they gained lofty honor and matchless repute.
What are Anas and his son but a ray that flashed from their light?

25. By his father, in all merit he takes his lead.
Open-handed, his many gifts put the rain to shame,

26. Bringing life to the meadows of bounty once dead.
Habits of kindness - for habits come naturally to all.

27. Each takes from fate whatever is destined to accrue.
He built a mansion of glory on foundations firm,

28. So for him it stands secure, buttressed, tall.
When confused minds transgress, he is an unwavering guide,

29. Matchless in sound judgment, holding firmly to what is right.
The light of his intellect dispels the darkness of doubts,

30. Raising the lowly up and putting the proud in their place.
He raced to be generous till we knew him as open-handed,

31. More liberal than downpours from rainclouds unleashed.
A refuge for visitors - when cruel fate assailed them,

32. His tables spread for newcomers, set by hands that never tire.
O embodiment of munificence who filled his being with bounty,

33. You we know by your flowing stream of constant generosity.
O faultless one whose merit has always withstood

34. Corruption's people, supporting the rightly-guided.
You made this age host to a human, else

35. Blind in both eyes it would have groped sightless.
Through you horizons have stretched vast. Without you,

36. No! They would not have. Through you the world is graced.
To you hostility is humiliated. You've fasted with reward.

37. Grateful, by the Merciful you've been promised enduring reward.
I greet you on this Feast that came visiting you, blessing you,

38. Wishing you happiness and guidance. Here is the new moon's scimitar -
Stand, make the prayer of peace, and sacrifice the ungodly!

39. May Abdullah always return to meet you, with renewed resolve,
And may your noble stars keep rising to the highest celestial sphere,

40. Ever ascending in lasting glory! As long as the breeze blows gently
And birds of passion sing of her, warbling sweet melodies.