1. By my father Malik, turn from me,
Your eyes glancing aside little by little.

2. I see your blessing as meager drops,
And your gifts to me as few.

3. You call me an enemy,
While I call you a friend.

4. Have you learned to act coyly,
Or have you changed to another lover?

5. I thank God—hope in you
Did not completely die out.

6. My only crime is
That I call you my friend,

7. And cry out to you, beloved one,
While you cry out to me, despised one.

8. I love you while my state
Is advancing and retreating.

9. Trust in a love that will not vanish
And in a covenant that will not change.

10. God made Hamid a guarantor
For the people of this world.

11. A king whom God has not
Made for them an equal.

12. They live under his shadow
At ease and settled.

13. You see among them no miser
Asking for excess wealth.

14. He gave generously until
He taught generosity to the stingy.

15. And built pride upon pride
With a lofty building.

16. He became safety for the frightened
And a guide to generosity.