1. We meet a radiant beauty, daughter of bygone eras
In the gardens of delight, in a time of spring

2. She roams amongst the regretful like a gazelle
Suns emerge from between her veils

3. Come, let us revive the customs of allurement
Its pleas have called us to joy

4. And let us wander lost in silken clothes
Her crowns made of blooming flowers

5. And let us incline to the religion of love, even if
A shy gazelle is inclined to aloofness

6. And let us pause our most precious souls
Upon loving songs though citadels are in ruin

7. And in the custody of pleasures let us take off
The banners of love, but without disgrace

8. And let us fold the prayer rug not out of heresy
Or sudden denial and inadequacy

9. But because illness has come upon this body and arisen
And it did not get up to attain rewards

10. And from excessive emaciation it became as if it were
An apparition whose traits faded behind veils

11.
And if not for love, misery would not have led me

12. To what you see after having lost my senses
And if not for love, my secret would not have spread

13. Nor would tears flow down my cheek
Nor would my insomnia last on nights of separation

14. Nor at dawn or dusk
Nor in intoxicating lips whose touch

15. Has the power to strip the mind of reason
Nor in breasts below whom none who desired to embrace them

16. Could match in valor without tiring
Nor did a branch sway my compassion

17. Where blossoms appear upon its branches
Nor in my youth did rapture move me

18. To singing girls with swaying hips
Nor was there in me before my inclination to gazelles

19. A heart emulating hard rocks

20. A heart as solid as rocks in estrangement, but
Impatient when faced with separation

21. Nor did I stay up watching every star
Whose shining light appeared in the darkness

22. So how can I endure what love has shown me
While my complexion speaks for my conscience

23. And the fires of passion within my ribs
And in my liver there are embers of hellfire

24. And it suffices that I did not intend to blame
A cruel and aloof gazelle

25. But rather I was preoccupied with praising
The most auspicious patron

26. He is the valiant Tawfiq of glories, the one with whom
A crowned and honored king would boast

27. God has granted him a cub, descendant of a royal line
Who drives danger away from homelands

28. So who can now conceal his merit
When the sun of his ascent has given notice of appearing

29. And in these days, with his justice, he has become
For the Khedive of Egypt the best supporter

30. And every person whose tongue has praised him
Sincerely, in this splendid age

31. His views have shown by their precision
A vigilant lofty one, wise

32. And since he took up the delegation in Egypt from a
Noble father, king of the time, protector

33. In the arenas of justice, his gaze
Won precedence in all matters

34. Envisioned from clemency, resolve, and kindness
And ample understanding of knowledge, an ally

35. The lands were delighted by his energetic
Advocacy for the oppressed and freeing the captive

36. And penetrating thought matching lofty determination
To achieve what is desired in which destruction of the stubborn

37. And the advice of a loyal friend in his affection
For the highest king, praiseworthy

38. And the loftiness of his worth continues indicating
With thanks to the one who gave the most majestic throne

39. And effort for benefiting the people with an ambition
That indicates proper guidance abundantly

40. And precise speech in issues whose proof is
An elucidator whose saying has not been matched

41. And a noble soul that has informed us that he
Is self-sufficient - an expert would not reproach its like

42. So O son of the Khedive of Egypt, you continue rising
To the pinnacle of success for kingship, well-guided

43. And you continue to be in the care of providence
From God - the scent of ambergris is sweet

44. Your father established its pillars in Egypt
After desolation - and did not cease

45. Renewing its decrees from rebuilding it
And Majdi did not say in congratulations, recording