1. An'antana, a cooing dove, a chirping sparrow
Khadallaja, bangles jingling on her wrists

2. Her pool at night a moon, her forehead a sun
In her neck a little of it inclined onto her breast

3. We see the hidden pearls of her smile
And in her neck a little of it inclined onto her breast

4. With her cheek a fire, with her mouth water they met
Her eyebrows, her eyes, a bow, arrows

5. She keeps me company while the night is torn open with youth
And pays off the debts of love while the one in charge is negligent

6. She chides me with blame she scatters
And comes near to the longing that is aflame

7. So I made her drink from a cup of wine, freshly filled
Quenching her thirst in the late morn, and more wine is brought

8. And when confusion came over her, she softened and drew near
And I was happy with what I was obtaining

9. And we spent the night together in a cover of piety
Feeling safe, fearing no calculation of fate

10. And when the army of the morning attacked
The night, stripping it of its darknesses

11. And the splendor of the sun cast its spears
Dimming the eyes of the comets, which were rising

12. We got up, and for the Pleiades that were setting
The star Al-Thurayya while it was descending west

13. To the station of farewell, and anxiety overwhelmed her
And her tears were drops on her cheek, flowing

14. She bid him farewell, then went away
And I headed for the heights, while tents shaded me

15. And I march on, even if lightning flashes like swords
And I fulfill my mission, even if mountains were catapults

16. And I run, even if seas were rough
And I press on, even if darkness were armies

17. And when my feet tread the earth
The snakes and virtues multiplied in the land

18. And enemies recognize me for my praise and dew
And at my birth, fate spoke of my virtues

19. My actions are not hidden from any living being
And my words are truth proven by evidence

20. And I have an envious hater who licks his gums
Against me and desires to act as I do

21. And he seeks to gain praise while he is incapable
And hopes for achievements of glory while he is extinguished

22. He reveals my faults while seeking to blame me
But can a stallion match the leaping of a locust?

23. And if a howling dog barks at stars
His bark in the darkness of comets goes astray

24. And I mean Suleiman bin Yahya, who has no shame
And no tribe nears his protectorate

25. Ugly, so I see no blame leaving him
And in ugliness he has no equal, no likeness

26.
And I am more generous than him in magnanimity

27. And more eloquent than him in speech, though in decline
From impotent clay he was molded

28. Formed from it, and he is stupid and ignorant

29. So if he settles a land, every abomination settles it
And sustenance and good depart from it

30. He is al-Falhas the glutton, and al-Samhij
For whom the belly is a sea, and insolence a coast

31.
A groveling miser, though he gives away his honor

32. Away from propriety and money that he seeks

33. And he scowls with his eyes at fornication and filth
While remembrance forms a barrier

34.
Haroun, so he does not give guidance to obedience