1. Is it a flash of lightning that raced or a lamp's glow
Or her smile with the bright vista?

2. Oh, the misery of a soul filled with deep sorrow
And the ache of a heart finding comfort in her

3. And night returns brightened when she smiles
Over one with slender waist and sparkling teeth

4. She trembles like the trembling of an exhausted branch
When a downpour passes from dark laden clouds

5. I found you to my soul like
The strainer between water and smell

6. I praise you, for I feared no one
Who covets you - and what claims the coveter?

7. On the short night the Pleiades low
For dalliance between cups and beakers

8. You sent two occupations of beautiful words
Proclaiming the true and a glance that intoxicates the sober

9. I greeted your cheeks, nay, giddy with joy
I greeted rose with rose and apple with apple

10. How many a glance I wished had reached me
To quench the thirst of a heart craving you

11. The mares charge with their hands hastily
Like the back of a shield clattering

12. With that you give victory and bounty
Praise that falls short of every praiser

13. Night uncovered from its pearls
A bright full moon or dawn

14. Polished you shine and the world rises for your ascent
From a white like the blade of a flashing sword

15. The attainment of hopes belied wishes
When the throngs came pouring in droves

16. Gifts that struck every man of want
With wealth and removed all attainable

17. As if its edges were strewn with the debris
Of scattered treasures and dangling earrings

18. Victory opened the locks of time for us
Despite our trials of effort and clemency

19. Rising with a palm over benefactors pouring
Ambition and a gaze to the sublime aspiring

20. Those who strove to catch up veered
From him, bleary and dim of sight

21. The distance stretched too far for them
Of an advantage that went ahead and landmarks