1. Speak frankly of the loved ones and recite verse,
And remind us again of the tryst and renew the memory,

2. And sing of Khawla and dawn's first glow,
Not with the rabab nor the muted strings,

3. And remember my conversing with her the day we parted,
The day she softened towards me with affection and friendship,

4. The day we met for farewell, and the beauties of her cheek appeared,
Blushing in the freshness of youth,

5. She clasped my shoulders and swayed
With her slender, delicate form,

6. And clung to the locks of my hair while
Her fingers grasped my necklace,

7. And the fires of passion almost ignited between us
From our fervent, burning desire,

8. Oh, how I loved her when she approached
In the chill of budding youth's first bloom,

9. She emerged from her tent, and it was as though
A sun dawned in the mansions of good fortune,

10. A branch and bough beneath a white dawn
From beneath a dark, gloomy night,

11. If youth said to her, "Arise!"
Her mounts would say, "Stay still and sit."

12. A smooth-cheeked beauty veiled in redness
Like polished swords gilded with gold,

13. When she walked, her figure would sway
In the north wind like a pliant spear,

14. She whom I disobeyed my advisors for
And defied those who would forbid me from her,

15. Marvels which preoccupy my thoughts
And which I broadcast in the thronged assemblies,

16. I sent her gifts from me to the most
Virtuous, highborn, and refined,

17. Most noble and illustrious Amjad inherited nobility
From the exalted line of Amjad, from Amjad, from Amjad,

18. A king whose precedence ascended
Beyond the star Canopus in eminence,

19. I met him, and in his hand he was like
A shining moon amidst the gatherings,

20. And I witnessed his aura, encircled by
The lights of reverence in his court,

21. And I asked him, and I asked a frothing sea
That foams over the vast, swelling main,

22. He gifted you praiseworthy gifts
Whose value will never diminish through time,

23. My heart is not content unless my eyes see
The radiance of your bright, genial face,

24. Come near, while time menaces you
With fickleness and threats,

25. You are the only unique one, the unique one of your time in eminence,
None like you was ever found in eminence before.