1. He has passed judgment, but his justice did not appease us,
And the one who lightly blames the dead is despised.

2. Enough! I cannot control fate if it acts against you,
Though passion might have coincided with destiny.

3. God does not abandon the patient; He comes to their aid.
What flees faster than what turns and is victorious?

4. I set it to wander in passion; my heart deserted me.
It never forbade or ordered anything in my heart.

5. Like a gambler without money, tears streamed down her cheeks,
When treachery tore off her necklaces.

6. As if its beauty's collar were cast for it
From his pearls, but it refused to carry gems,

7. Or were molded from some of what the tears of
My master al-Astar dispersed as an apology.

8. One whose generosity does not keep anything in his coffers
Cannot be said to have gained and hoarded this or that.

9. He spurs on his horse in raids, beginning
With a stab and blows before the horses rush.

10. That is so no enviers can say about him,
"What flees faster than what turns and is victorious?"

11. On a day of battle, from the length of how his spear is shattered,
It almost equals his sword in shortness.

12. A dark-lipped woman he defends lies hidden
In his breast, like the defense of the sleepless their sleeplessness.