1. The soft bleat of that gazelle or its cooing,
The passionate one is infatuated with what he finds.

2. If the eyes of the wild deer captivate,
The mind of the lover, or fuel his ardour.

3. A tear, when I say halt its carrier,
The estrangement of the beloved drives it or his distance.

4. Passion cannot lead to devotion,
One whose delirium you do not see guides him.

5. O brother, youth persisted with it,
The passing of nights, so its cold overwhelmed him.

6. The beautiful one shuns me, distancing herself,
When I have neither her proximity nor her affection.

7. Grey hair over the temples whose multitude,
Troubles me when I enumerate it.

8. Youth unjustly seeks from me,
Far, at fifty, where it cannot find it.

9. No wonder if you were bored with our companionship,
When its pursuer from you misses it.

10. Whoever transcends indulging time,
His purpose from doctrine strengthens him.

11. The Caliph of Allah has returned with,
The beauty of the world and its splendor hoping for its shackles.

12. With hands torn by generosity, abounding in,
Power without equals enjoying its feast.

13. A mouth into which delegations descend,
His country is not too narrow for them.

14. A refuge for the people of Islam wherever,
Its aid continuous behind them supports them.

15. His eye worries over them and trembles from,
Any harm that might afflict their livers.

16. As if he were a father feeling compassion for,
His prodigal sons while they are his children.

17. Time has disputed with him over his few,
And time is evident in its hostility.

18. Relying on Allah in them, charging,
Against its swords so it supports him.

19. Do not let his wrath approach you, for it has,
A quagmire that engulfs whoever desires it.

20. Victorious, scarce does any joy spread,
From horizons except with good news its cold reaches him.

21. Cavalry charges when he unleashes them,
On the ends of time, its support approaches.

22. If its swords are raised against the enemy,
The passage of time fulfills what it promises him.

23. He attacked the horde of evildoers celebrating,
With the morning draught while dawn kindles its flames.

24. On a day the locals despaired would,
Be reversed on the morrow.

25. Where did the fugitives fleeing its perils escape,
When death's snare overlooking its prey enclosed them?

26. They spent the night and the swordsman spent it,
With determined stabs implanted in their chests.

27. The blood mingles in their blood,
Until the blood became saturated with its foam.

28. Satisfying the loyal is honest advice; slaves of,
God whose devotion in them abounds and who strive.

29. They follow the imam's doctrine for them,
And emulate his view so believe it.

30. And exceed in improving their affairs,
Their tongues suffice them and their hands.

31. The sleeping loathe the one who is tireless in,
Their affairs his vigilance alert.

32. Gentle in seeking their wealth,
And gathering it or its division spreads among them.

33. A man's gentleness in his provisions,
Are hurt by hard times or its stinginess.

34. Minister of a king whose competence is complete,
So neither his wisdom nor poise embarrass him.

35. Grasping of matters, his talents,
Precede them before their time enumerates them.

36. Rest does not diminish his limit at all,
Nor do crises spend the night oppressing him.

37. An intimate friend does not attain,
The fold of a secret its eternity conceals from him.

38. If the flatterers are steeped in wine,
Truth appears to him renewing its preservation.

39. Or if he tackles an impossible matter,
Its knots untangle yielding to him.

40. He straightened the inclination of time so,
Its valleys leveled out and its affection equaled.