1. The morning cast aside its veil in splendor
And brandished its wand over the sandy dune

2. Then a tremor seized it in its vigor
And it swayed amongst the leaves, so fresh and green

3. Breathing out a fragrance like pure musk
Smiling with teeth like glistening pearls

4. Her glances assailed me like swords
But I faced them with the wisdom of old age

5. Enduring with my soul lest this old man
Should seem the victim of that impetuous youth

6. With his daring stab he pierced the breast
Of one breathing at dusk beneath the gloom

7. He charges at the forefront of battle
And on the day of panic is last to retreat

8. For an instant between two wounds he stands
Broken yet determined he remains

9. Fate sowed only a handful in the darkness
While another spent the night awake beneath

10. On a night whose wing it laid upon me
In it the ravens of darkness were undeterred

11. Dawn cannot make its way through it
As if it creeps towards resurrection's morn

12. And I say to the lightning of an arousing night
I wiped my eyes though they were overflowing

13. Read peace upon the stranger's grave and say
You were watered from the rains of the cloudburst

14. Between you and I lies an ancient bond
If affection wanes, remember

15. And when you pass the abode of Layla
Ask the sweet winds for news of her

16. And see the page of my legacy and read there
Two lines of tears running down it

17. Written by the hand of woe in red and yellow
Beneath the darkness, safe from spying eyes

18. Many times I raced with the morning breeze
And drank it from the palm of my beloved

19. I whispered to it and sometimes it would
Kiss her and I would kiss the face of Venus

20. Her mouth is restless, ever blowing
She drank with thirst from the heavenly Kauthar

21. Her glances bear witness on the day we met
To her passion in an encounter with Caesar

22. And I confided in her, I swear I saw
Between a gazelle's ankle and neck, pure beauty

23. She folds her cloak and I shed tears
As if she were a branch on the bank of Ja'far

24. And the fear of youth made me shy
So I covered her flank with a slanted glance

25. And though I feigned ignorance, had I not
Perceived what I perceived, I would not have

26. I saw what I saw of her subtle reproach
So she remained under a cloud that would not rain

27. And had we met when she was alone for an hour
I would have given her both blame and gratitude

28. I would satisfy her with rosewater on her mouth
And problems, though her ear hears only luxury

29. And were it not for the lightning of a promise I saw
In a hair of her innocence, pouring down

30. I would have torn up the pages of the book in despair
Lined up and thrown it into the camp

31. And I took a stance of valor in battle
And swam in a sea of steely green

32. Laughing at the mouth of victory over the enemy
And maybe crying for the Samhar's eye

33. And I threw its stabbing glance with a gray spear
Traveling at night from a bright morning

34. Flowing so you'd think it a star descending
Crashing into the darkness of the gloomy night

35. I made it taste the swords of tongues until it turned
And I returned from it triumphant over the blond one

36. Conversation turned to the memory of Tahir
So I made its kindling with ambergris

37. And I began to stir it, reminding myself
That this and that are of one element

38. As if she and the wind were flirting with it
Dancing in a red shirt

39. The mother of leadership bore in him an only one
Containing the meaning of many more

40. His ascendance goes beyond his country so for him
Jupiter's beauty lies with the celestial orbs

41. And if I stand before him I sanctify him
As if I walk with him in the hallowed valley

42. The sublime came from him in a unique game
Sweet of nature, face of clarity and honesty

43. He amazed the choicest of hearing
Eloquent speech and compelling eyes

44. His ties held strong from the house of Aamir
Where once a new moon rose from Muhjar

45. Clear of brow as if I am meeting
The face of youth turned back

46. Eloquent words to the ear of his companion
As if in his mouth lies the tongue of one who gives good news

47. No doubts assail him, rather it is as if
He walks in the full light of brilliant day

48. Bearing heavy burdens on shoulders and hands
Without wrapping himself in an apron

49. As if he moves straight ahead on high
On twisted roads in the most rugged of terrain