1. The deserted house refuses to weep,
Nor will the ruins lament their grief.

2. Yet the youth persists unceasingly
To restore the forgotten ruins piece by piece.

3. How often have I been determined, with ears unwilling
To hear my critics reproach me about Layla.

4. The conversations of youth have rekindled my passion,
Though time has passed, leaving behind only traces.

5. Never did I imagine that time would be kind
And leave our love undiminished,

6. Youth has faded away, nothing remains
Except traces, like the remnants of a coat.

7. I had almost crossed the limit of my patience
In despair, ready to let go of my longing.

8. Despair before hope is the worst consequence,
And the most crippling illness comes after recovery.

9. Man obeys the days as they move him
Like shadows shifting from state to state.

10. Of the strange events which fate can bring
In the early days or in the future.

11. A wonder that astonishes you from my experience
And from the experience of Shah Bin Mikal.

12. So I fled from it, shy of my inability
To reward the increase in my status and wealth.

13. Why did I not repay him with gratitude
When I could not match his generosity with my own?

14. In poetry, when I compose the rhymes artfully,
It compensates the generous and punishes the stingy.

15. Like a light kindled by the dawn of spring
In a barren garden full of sadness and emptiness.

16. The wares did not become expensive after being sold,
Truly, it is the cheap items that are overpriced.

17. Abu Ghanim is not seeking what he is inspired
To strive for, neither tools nor equipment.

18. He is marked by the noble traits that distinguish
The unaware from the enlightened.

19. I asked about the friends of truth, hoping
To find them, despite my lack and paucity.

20. I see flashes of sincerity in them, but who
Can tell us about the flashes of perfection?

21. People are like trees, they differ
And you may see the distance between a spring and one who strays.

22. Has kindness withered or has it lost its joy?
Or have its nights faded away with the family?

23. If not for rare faults from the Shah that took hold,
Generosity amongst us would be humiliated.

24. When the horse's saddle lowered it, he let it go
Galloping, overtaking the lofty summit.

25. If he walked weighted down by his coat of mail, he lessened it -
Honored between wraps and trails.

26. It sufficed me though I did not seek sufficiency,
The stroke of his riding animal upon the reins and straps.

27. It secured me from the injustice of foes and exceeded
My hopes in every request and aspiration.

28. I was accustomed to the nights attacking me
Then returning to attack me again.