1. The faces of beauty have disappeared from the statue,
So the mouths smiled in wonder at the new idols.

2. I have become resplendent like a beautiful girl in her wedding dress,
So the meanings of gentleness have appeared in my forms.

3. I have become like the high crown in its position,
So I have attained the supreme station.

4. Joy is my smile and happiness my companion,
Beauty is my cheek and reverence my birthmark.

5. Numbers are my crown and painting my necklaces,
Engraving is my earring and spears are my ornaments.

6. I am the one who has been purified of description,
Likeness, resemblance, or statue.

7. I have met the destination of the qiblah and kissed it,
So I have attained the kiss and the inclination.

8. Portray my four honored keeps which
Have been surrounded by a garden given special veneration.

9. Planets of good fortune in a sky in which
The shape of the crescent has shone in every arc.

10. In each arc, name it after
The descendants of Hilal, who said: "O crescent!"

11. And look at the sides of my courtyard's basin which
Have become proverbs for proverbs.

12. When I came, its shape became intricate,
Like the division of complexities into complex forms.

13. From each stream, like an Indian sword when it flashes
With the beauty of its edge and polished blade.

14. It flows gently like kernels and bends
Like the letter noon, lam, or dal.

15. From a special garden surrounded by a basin it has adorned,
So it showed you a land on which the castle of perfection settled.

16. Its tears flow down its cheeks to fill its basin,
So its brim overflows like pouring sap.

17. Where the arches have gathered and its gardens
Are curves and meanders bent like the letter dal.

18. Or where it resembles the bow when it
Shoots its channels with the arrows of flowing water.

19. Among flowers whose branches have narrated
News of trees and meadows and thickets.

20. The flowers appear on the towers' peaks
On leaf towers and in clouds of shade.

21. They are watered from the fountains with coffee
Blended with honey and chainlinks.

22. It sways drunkenly so the morning breeze turns it
To the right if a north wind blows.

23. Where the fountains have revealed their houses
Like crescent moons with wings of night.

24. Or where their shape in their rotation resembles
Camels cutting through the desert sands.

25. It flows without traversing distance, tireless,
Unmarred in its course by any weariness.

26. It has bent and moaned, then set out complaining of homesickness,
Agitated, with the tongues of circumstances requiring it to speak.

27. It has told of the rustling of leaves in its extending,
And has narrated the pains and sorrows.

28. O you who look upon my blossoming garden, reflecting
On describing a condition with subtlety!

29. Joy and good fortune have come to my courtyard,
So set aside your gaze to see the splendor of my beauty.

30. Partake of the fragrance from the flowers of the meadow
About my fortunate owner, the full moon of perfection.

31. A king - when the clouds of his generosity rain down,
They quench the thirst of the living, which craves water.

32. And when one in doubt because of his thoughts is confused,
He guides him to guidance after misguidance.

33. And when the crescent appears in the vanguard of his army,
The crescent shines for us in the darkness of night.

34. And when his sword, sharpened for battle, is unsheathed in anger,
His palm suppresses the passions and terrors.

35. Peerless, he attained, thanks to his excellence,
The highest praise, beyond all other sayings.

36. O you who aspires to attain the lofty rank of his superiors!
Fall short, for what is manifest is not like what is hidden.

37. Who can compare the stars to the sun? And who
Can claim that snakes are like stallions?

38. Or who measures the full moon against fireflies in splendor?
Or who says: "The lion is like the fox"?

39. You have faltered, while these are paths that have risen up
Too high for extraordinary feats to reach.

40. A king whose character has risen above
The station of the ordinary and the similar.

41. A moon whose light dispelled the darkness of afflictions,
Protecting us, and a full moon held in high esteem.

42. If he is exalted in the caliphate, his father
Was even higher in rank, in the highest place.

43. With an ambition whose pillars were erected high,
Fulfilling with determination the actions.

44. With resolves that were sharpened to vanquish any plot -
They are blades flashing brightly when blades clash.

45. No fault in his blessings except that they
Fulfill for you what they promised without delay.

46. Wondrous are they, even though in their justice
They are oppressive in their generosity with wealth.

47. Bestowing gifts without constraint or condition,
Answering those who seek them without even asking.

48. His noble qualities have risen up so high that no words
Can express them in speech however hard they try.

49. This is the nobility that is too lofty for
Extraordinary feats to be mentioned in its presence.

50. From a people who are clouds in times of prosperity, and in
The battlefield's carnage are protectors of heroes.

51. They are the lions in days of strife
And on days of clashing swords they are warriors.

52. They have defended the sanctuaries of Islam with shining swords
From which pour down the clouds of death.

53. God has elevated their worth and made them
Attain the highest ranks of loyalty, generosity, and grace.

54. O ruler whom I have described - his rising fortune
And the structure of his success - by the sun and crescent!

55. Say to the one who denies that in poetry
I speak anything but the verified word:

56. The proof has been established against his slander, and eloquence
Has unveiled the gloom of ambiguities.

57. Leave off listening to the words of one envious of blessings
Who strives - by your father's life! - in ways of error.

58. In his ignorance he disputes with one whose does
Narrate what gazelles tell of gazelles.

59. And he says, boasting, "Yes! I am a source
That diminishes the worth of all things precious!"

60. Had he any mind, he would have disputed with one who
Babbles foolish sayings and excessive delusions.

61. He is the envious one - and did you ever hear of an envious one
Succeeding in any situation?

62. He is the liar, transgressing and betraying,
Upon whom God has poured the cup of punishment.

63. The full moon has not revealed to your eyes in vain,
Except that you may know the value of your present state.

64. I am the one who has unveiled clearly, without contention,
The paths of darkness for the one who courts the does.

65. In the east and west of nations I have gained repute
For the knowledge of the ingenious art of verse.

66. So preserve the priceless necklaces of my poetry; they
Are most precious, and you are most perfect.

67. Derive from it every smiling one who has become
Adorned with the attire of sublime praise.

68. And welcome it generously, for it has only
Approached you with the most receptive manner.

69. Delicate, it occurs to the mind in the beauty of its perfection
Like a cheek flirting in the gown of majesty.

70. Why not, when your praise has dressed it in a robe,
Causing it to surpass others in pride?

71. So peace be upon you, and the joy in what I have recited -
The faces of beauty have disappeared from the statue.