1. Be gentle with your captive, oh Beautiful One
For the body has become but a drawing

2. And your love's infant in bewilderment
And your distance has made him sick

3. The full moon smiles
As if the sun is its mother

4. Haifa appears at night
Her smile illuminates the darkness

5. She captivates minds when she comes to thought
And when she speaks, she captivates worries

6. My nearness is for the one in passion
Who is content with the union, even if imagined

7. Your beauty would not be harmed if you bent
Your glance to the sorrowful one, for a day

8. By Allah, your alluring eyebrows
That shot arrows from the eye's glances

9. And your smooth forehead that was adorned
By the softness of your cheek

10. And the freckles on your temple that crept
They stung my heart, oh Beautiful One

11. And the tumultuous curve of your symmetrical lips
A necklace of coral it has regulated

12. And your rosy cheeks and dimples
And the scent of your mouth when it smiles

13. And the red wine of your saliva you have pressed
From musk in the mouth of the beloved

14. And the crescent of your chest and the night of your hair
And the softness of your waist when they come together

15. I have not coveted anyone but you or
Longed for Mayya or Salma

16. Or coveted a gazelle or full moon
For your beauty surpasses them all

17. It is enough estrangement, for how much
Injustice you show with your coldness, oh Beautiful One

18. For the tears of passion have poured down
Like a call upon me - who will respond?

19. The happiest of people, if you were to
Make the horizons his greatest realm

20. He has reached the highest aspirations with his resolve
And ascended its sublimities with his wisdom

21. We have prolonged descriptions of his achievements
So speak at length, oh friend, whatever you wish

22. With his generosity, clouds of favor have poured down
And abundant blessings

23. If Hatim had seen but some of
His munificence, he would not have been troubled by sorrow

24. A lion, but to one who seeks him
He shows gentleness

25. Go, oh friend, to his meadow
If you are oppressed or persecuted

26. You will find the leaders in his court
And see the poets gathered there

27. And his boundless generosity obtains abundant reward
And how much excellence has come to him

28. He quenches the thirsty with his comfort
And with his early rising, he quenches the thirsty

29. How much he has repelled hostility in the place of goodwill
And with his spear, he has repelled a foe

30. A lion, if he faced the enemies
With his heels, he would not ask about them

31. Where is the frowning one, and what is Amr
Weigh for him, oh friend, a portion

32. How much pride he gained when he
Fought and amassed wealth at the shooting range

33. Indeed, his enemies have testified
Whenever his procession is recalled with defiance

34. On a thoroughbred steed
You'd think the wind was his turban

35. And lightning shows you his charge
And in his youth, the stars

36. For he is the intrepid hero, and no wonder
And Abu Al-Araqub as he is called

37. If he faced the frenzied, no
Enemy would meet him in peace

38. And Ali is the lion of death, and how much
Greatness he accomplished with the sword of bloodshed

39. How many groups he destroyed with his blade
With wounds, and how many champion archers

40. Oh sun of fortune and his might
Oh full moon of beauty so perfect

41. My Master, your sublime stature shows
Innovation in your praise, expressed in verse

42. A maiden transfixed in shyness
In your position of such noble rank

43. But in praising you I have surpassed
Myself with your imagination, oh Beautiful One