1. I asked her how she wasted our union,
And the mountains crumbled from our affection.

2. She now sees as forbidden in Damascus
My visit while estrangement became lawful.

3. Did the beautiful one inform me of estrangement?
Or did she want evasion or coquetry?

4. I remembered her straight form when
She began to sway in beauty and allure.

5. She sways and bends resembling it,
And describes its posture and balance.

6. My liver melts at adversities,
And refuses in love but inflammation.

7. An eye that does not cease shedding tears for me,
And a heart that does not cease to ache for me.

8. The slanderers knew my loyalty
If the one I loved changed.

9. I have not ceased loving Layla
Despite the hatred of slanderers and will not cease.

10. I did not count my love for her as frivolity,
Nor did I consider my old passion for her as misguidance.

11. Commander of the Faithful, and you are the most content
Of God's servants in God's sight.

12. You have restored religion intact and protected,
While before you it was deficient and disgraced.

13. When the caliphs are counted on a day of pride,
And their glory rises high and long.

14. You are the greatest of them in prestige and remembrance,
And the highest and most noble in deeds.

15. The regions of earth did not beautify
Until you possessed its plains and mountains.

16. With a face that fills the world with light,
And a palm that fills the world with bounty.

17. I see the new year passing with prosperity,
And a condition of bliss for you as time passed.

18. Conquests will reach you from all regions
As clouds gather when they follow one another.

19. And it will bring you the desires of Egypt,
So I have not seen the like of its triumph and wealth.

20. It improves my praise of you that whenever
I recount your ascendance, I find words lacking.

21. I am not blamed for falling short in gratitude,
Since you have burdened me with significant favors.

22. You have lauded me in East and West,
And you have given me prestige and wealth.

23. A thousand is not greater than what I wish for
And hope from your continuous generosity.

24. When your hands precede giving,
We are secure from privation with you.

25. And if you pave the way for kindness in words,
Then you follow words with action.

26. I saw blessings when I saw
The whiteness of your face and the crescent.