1. Evidence that what he encountered would undo him
Is that had you wished his survival, he would have survived

2. And inform him that chance and passion
Came to him reluctantly, not by nature's making

3. Your reproaching eyes are beautiful in that
When seen by one free of love, enflame desire

4. By the soft cheeks, languid eyes
And gleam of white breasts in the gathered shirt

5. And freshness of pomegranate breasts suspended
Passion for me made departure a calamity

6. Tearing asunder all patience
When distance expanded and bonds were severed

7. And those who reproached us for our love became
Strangers once intimate, burdens once dear

8. We stood exchanging glances, messages flashing between us
Then from the wall's side, a gazelle appeared

9. As though the morn borrowed splendor from her grace
May I die for you, slain by a glance you deftly mixed

10. With a flickering beam in your eyelashes
And if you left nothing of me but a burning liver, a sleepless eye

11. As though the nights did not allow us the sincerity of delightful company
We did not beg youth for water from his spring

12. Or open from his gates what was shut
I made my wine from the meadows' wine, taking the place

13. Of aged wine, better than the decanted
And yellow, uncooked by fire, I drank it

14. On the cheeks of the beloved marked with down
As though the bubbles of the cup were from his mouth's verse

15. Its radiance from his shining cheek
True regret whose nature cannot be known

16. To the purity of strained wine
I gave him the cup of my regret which raises him

17. and provides him my care and grace
From woe and bounty I attained, but my fortune

18. Did not bend, nor did I show excess strain
With glorious deeds I will defend myself from fate's blows

19. Fate fears him and is wary of his blows
An imam - when he extends his hands to the dew

20. They gush like pouring rain
His proof guided every lost soul

21. His palm's bounty enriched every beggar
The heights connected to his loftiness and descended

22. By his precedence, the verses of the book confirmed true
Noble through him the caliphate of Hashim

23. Every blossoming branch thrived
He surpassed the limits of praise to a point

24. Beyond which all thought and speech fall short
With the favor of a palm beneath which every granter

25. And radiance of a face beneath which all radiance falls
Were it not for care for the people, since I

26. Among men, know best what you have attained
I would praise you with the praise you deserve

27. And avoid these hollow words
For you are the essence of all greatness demands

28. Who does not say what I say babbles emptily
You embody all the perfection you contain

29. While many who speak it do not fulfill it
We wronged you when we compared you to the sea in bounty

30. However much your current overflows, the sea drowns
He who compared the full moon at its perfection

31. To the star Suhail strays in analogy and perishes
And who is he that called you to generosity, and despaired

32. Of attaining success and provision through your call?
Are you not the son of the best of all people, father and grandfather

33. When lineages rise above every hill
And most resembling them in glory, scion and origin

34. When they ascend above all creation?
So excel the kings of earth in eminence

35. And outrace them in pride, prevail and outdo
Fight them and you will gain, avoid them and you will be safe

36. Seek vengeance on them and you will reach and overtake
For enemies know you have raided them

37. And met you in battle, blow after blow
You cast only the arrows of doves

38. And walked only on prone necks
Had you come to them alone, you would quench their fires

39. With a fire - when sparked by you - that burns
For by the fortune of your advance, with spears

40. And your protected view, amidst the regiments
So say to the kings of earth, fear him for he is

41. When you fear an unforeseen event, himself prepared
Thus are God's friends - if others seek their place

42. They obtain but disgrace and slip
Indeed, you see birds in the sincerity of their hunting

43. And begin their poetry with none but you, the adorned neck
Oh land of Baghdad, cry out at the battle

44. That will be his, between Euphrates and Jaljul
The white swords will sing in it of his victory

45. And the earth will be watered by his spilt blood
If fate intends betrayal by a traitor

46. Its betrayal, by you, is folly and stupidity
Yes, its good fortune smiles since its stars

47. In your constellation, continue in ascendance
You are a feast that outshines all feasts in beauty

48. And meets barefoot generosity in excellent garb
I will clothe you in the perfume of praise whenever

49. Your great deeds fall upon it and scent the air