1. His heartache and sorrows have returned
His beauty is obscured by a gloomy night

2. Ailing, I fear for him, though he shows no weakness
Nor stoops from illness and tribulation

3. He asks after the meadows, their plants now withered
And empty of companions are their ruins

4. About the slender branch he gathers
Its softness and poise as attributes

5. His glances and the languor of his eyes
Have exalted my heart and left it tossed

6. A visitor in dreams, shunning waking
Draws near in sleep to bestow his company

7. A late night caller, tired from his visits
Perhaps close is his appearance, or still delayed

8. While you remain in the belly of the sands
At night resting beneath their shadows

9. And the lightning of the clouds calling out
Weighing down the clouds' load when it strays

10. The moaning of the pilgrims when
Their fervor boils over and their passions seethe

11. I have found no succor for yearning
Except the phantom of the beloved visiting at night

12. Oh Abu Bakr, frightening are his whims
And fulfilling all hopes is his bestowal

13. None despaired of diminishing the kingdom
Except the bewildered, upon whom his wrath descends

14. Tyrannies unleashed upon the east
Until the east surrendered, its plains and mountains

15. Kindnesses come together in an honored place
Whose like has seen the accumulation of its equals

16. The man of the age in ambition and endurance
For that which exhausts even the most enduring of men

17. Transformed and overturned, your joy in
His rising with glory and independence

18. Arise and consider, are not the virtues
But opportunities for glory that presented themselves and were seized

19. Where its valleys poured the repelling of aggression
And the hopes of the hopeful were fulfilled

20. The envious rival withdrew yellow
Despairing of attaining what he cannot reach

21. Resolute, not bending, always striking true
His composure in affairs and lack of haste

22. Good news of him, and the whiffs from him
And the swords have a brilliant polish

23. Yesterday his status was shaking and today
He has gathered for us in the winds all his money

24. Well known was his generosity spoken
Then his words were followed closely by his deeds