1. Playfulness in our days is no stranger,
Nor the excess of passion in the ardent lover.

2. The blackness of my hair makes it white again,
Successive white and black as days go by.

3. If there was compensation in dreams for past ignorance,
I would not regret the white in my words and poems.

4. That miserly one did not connect with me,
Neither her turning away nor my being turned from her.

5. Her phantom pained me in my weakness,
And I was consoled by shedding copious tears.

6. If love breaks resolve now and then
I have broken the resolve of mighty heroes.

7. The hostile investigator knew my worth,
And the foreigner understood my custom.

8. I do not praise a man to the utmost he gives
A brook bursts forth from the sides of ice.

9. I am content with Ahmed's kindness,
It shows me the extent of wealth and his praise.

10. The ripe fruit of the clouds, when his hand rains,
His gifts come before their time.

11. The proud noble stock, when they mention
His excellence, they submit to him.

12. Envied, as if favors refused
To be found in anyone but the envied.

13. And the prey of the cheek is too busy for the critics,
Dew comes from the implements of the masters of the chase.

14. Make peace with Abu Ja'far and a generosity will be ours,
And the house of glory will be returned to your heights.

15. When I deny the downpour of rain, it is gentle,
For your generosity with me is never denied.

16. If I sought other than your blessings for myself
I would still be seeking something non-existent.

17. Affection and gifts I got from you
While many givers of boons are ungenerous.

18. Whether you turn eastward, wrapped
In the darkness, shaking the hem of night and wilderness,

19. You left behind in my heart one wounded
With eyes full of sadness.

20. You gave them the beauty of kindness, so they are all
In a state of servitude, bound by longing.

21. And if you turn away but do not turn from
Sparing the tax, you do not turn from generosity.