1. O my night at the palace with comfort
And my resting at the palace, or rather my vigilance

2. The breaths of the delicate fragrance gazelle
Cooled my fervor and worries as I spent the night awake

3. It comes near to me with its splendor and breeze
Elevating me with cup after cup

4. The liveliness of its soul set my soul aflutter
And the sleepiness of its eyelids chased away my sleepiness

5. By the father of Abu al-Hasan, whose good morals
He related, the father of al-‘Abbas

6. A forthcoming time, our days were transferred
From its wilderness to intimacy

7. He has come to be hoped for by the eminent, and his actions
Are expected for the judiciousness of the advisors

8. If he is ahead in writing, his father
Was at the pinnacle of the summit

9. He sought dignity, yet was excessive in cheerfulness
With familiarity, brightening the faces of boon companions

10. He turned away ceremonies, even when they came morose
And softened the harshness of the cruel times