1. A fantasy comes over me in my sleep
Of the intoxicating glance, the shapely one

2. Perhaps it is a yearning of my soul
And turmoil for my impassioned heart

3. When she travels, you see the crescent plainly
And the fire of beauty blazing brightly

4. You’d think lightning flashed when
The beauty of her smile shone from her mouth

5. Like the light of Venus its clarity
And a necklace whose gems were well-strung

6. God’s peace every morning
Be upon you and whoever conveys my greeting

7. Indeed, you left sickness in my body
With what was in your eyelashes of sickness

8. And the beauty of roses reminded me
Of the sweetness of delicious wine

9. Even if communication lessens or
Our estrangement continues year after year

10. Still, how many a glance I have from nearby
To you, and visit you have in my sleep

11. Shall I take Iraq as love and affliction
While she I love is in the land of Sham

12. If not for the folly of the hoped-for King
I would have preferred travel over staying

13. How can one tied to blessings from the magnanimous King
Journey on when he has turned from him?

14. We found Mu’tazz’s rule closest
To goodness and most resembling permanence

15. He is the shepherd and we are his flock
And I have not seen a shepherd tend his flock as he does

16. Through him generosity and kindness become clear
In action and in speech

17. His generosity rivals the full moon
And his face recalls the full moon

18. God’s trustee, you have lived as our King
United in virtues and well-ordered

19. You guaranteed the defeat of your enemies and loyalists
Defending your kingdom or protecting it

20. The caliph of the Merciful is surrounded by them
Foes of strong wills and rigid minds

21. Lions fed claws but then returning
With force against the enemy, tearing them apart

22. A rabble of elders or youth
And chaos from idlers or activists

23. Before the wary of insolence he takes refuge
In sound opinion and resolve

24. If you inspect him with a subtle glance
You approve brandishing the sharp sword

25. Forgiving after being able, if he weighs
Between pardon and revenge

26. His pleasure is not inaccessible
Nor is bestowing favor difficult for him

27. The sea was his father, it shouted his call
And overflowed, and his mother the rain clouds

28. It quenched the destruction of the pilgrims and fed them
And gave life to the people of the holy land

29. It returned their souls to their bodies
After they had despaired over loss of life

30. The delegations of the land returned praising
That magnanimity and great favor

31. If people give thanks, they were indeed helped
There through the grace of the best of women

32. When the Imam guarantees blessings for them
The likes of which are granted by the Imam’s mother

33. My eyes have not seen the like of Ismail
And Abdullah of noble traits

34. Closer to every praise
And farther from every flaw

35. The two horsemen, when they shine, you would say
If weighed, they are the two sons of Shamam

36. They are two moons—they intend to completely
Banish darkness and gloom

37. And two valleys, when they flood heavily
You praise the pouring of abundant rain

38. May God perfect your blessings, for I saw you
As the epitome of perfection