1. A quarter left its full moon radiance,
And the doe-eyed beauties were left to pine for it.

2. It showed ungainly in place of beautiful features
While hearts were joined by the sight of him.

3. He was the desired of all eyes but fate,
Dealing its blows, dispersed its energies about.

4. And I would sometimes stray into the garden of his beauty
Meeting his gaze while my heart found its comfort.

5. Never was the enjoyment of seeing him
Save like a vanishing sweet dream.

6. So one gave up all hope of his returning love
Or reunion, ceasing to mention him.

7. With smooth cheeks, a wide noble nose,
Sharp-tipped ears, level in length.

8. Pure white skin as though brightness of his cheek
Dawn had stripped away its veil before him.

9. He runs, when the steeds dash to the (battle) fray,
Overtaking with his first strides the last.

10. He brings you near, by his charm, to a sovereign whose nature is kindness itself;
He brings you near, though you be far, by his good pleasure.

11. If it were said, who has gained generosity and munificence
On the day of glory, it would be said: that this was the prince.

12. The prince, prince of glory, matchless,
Possessing all generosity in his nature.

13. The heaving bitter sea cannot give him
A sea overflowing with his arrows' flights.

14. One day with hands more generous than the hiding-places of his palms -
According to his two conditions with what his hands contain

15. Never did a pouring rain cloud pour down
Upon the people of the land but (he was) like some of its pouring.

16. When Usama, as he protected his tribe,
With his young lions behind their leader,

17. Faced perils more terrible in the fight,
While death burned hot increasing its flames

18. O pillar of glory whose deeds
Founded the buttresses of its structure!

19. Its pinnacle, its crown-star, its system,
The place of the pole of its tents.

20. No nobility but on whom some favor was conferred
Which was revealed to it on the day of glory.

21. But for you, so cleave to one tried and true to his allegiance
Whose path no swerves of it deceived him;

22. Or honored, of ample nostrils, swimming
To meet him on the day of the encounter.

23. To you belong the ancient, the abundant glory,
Its mountain-passes, its fields, and its sands.

24. Still you remain for the noblest an impregnable refuge
Where the most honorable seek the protection of your hand.