1. A specter visits me in my dreams,
One who shares my torment and passion.

2. A beautiful damsel for whom I bear the blame,
And the toil of gifting is to bear the blame.

3. She glanced at me furtively and her gaze
Infected my body with lovesickness.

4. She's feminine yet masculine, so she has the allure
Of a delicate girl and vigor of a youth.

5. Virtuous beauty is superior when
It resembles the charm of the forbidden.

6. She quenched my thirst with her cup, in which
Was a draught to slake the most ardent thirst.

7. In the prime of life she rivals,
Her dimples with the prime of stature.

8. Life is truly living when the nights
Are longer than the days.

9. The air was clear and the delicate
Taste of water mixed in wine was pleasant.

10. And the morn culminated at the best time,
As a companion of intimacy and home of stay.

11. A viewer faced the direction of the beauty, so if
Her life greeted with peace proclaimed.

12. She was clothed in joy and met
Him with laughter and smiles.

13. Like two lovers, if able to meet
They would cling in intense embrace.

14. The wind makes its way between its rains
Then settles out of lassitude and boredom.

15. Drawing from the overflowing water
Like the polished white sword.

16. So when it bisects the green pond,
It takes on the dye of emerald.

17. You would think it a sea,
Deceiving the eye, yet it is rainwater.

18. The wheels spin but are not
Used to irrigate any but ostriches.

19. A deserted place made for the first
Worshipers at the corner, plain and station.

20. Indeed the best of palaces has been
Avoided, hated by the best of people.

21. It neighbors Ja'fari and leans
Toward it like one blindly imitating.

22. Gleaming residences of a kingdom like
Stars in the darkness of night.

23. Perplexing qualities, so they are
Perceived only by conjecture and illusion.

24. It's as if we sense them in our wishes
Or see them in the visions of our dreams.

25. Chambers of religious and worldly structure
For which God confers the reward of the imam.

26. They have roused in us longing for paradise
And avoiding sins and misdeeds.

27. With them the predecessors ennobled
A kingdom and the proliferators of Islam boasted.

28. May God bless the Caliph in glorious
Deeds and generous acts.

29. And show him his hopes in the governors
Of the covenant, people of loyalty and favor.

30. May they remain in felicity and joy,
The durability of his kingdom and permanence.