1. Your branches, O rich thickets, are shaded
Like flaws visible to the beholder.

2. I have long been lovesick, restless,
My tears flowing, my anxiety boundless.

3. Does my critic now blame my passion?
The landmarks are in ruins, the road impassable.

4. The dwellers have left after living there,
Oh that I knew where they made camp!

5. They left a homeland and found suffering,
They forgave our blood after they departed.

6. On a lofty, elegant palm
Sings a bird whose melody enchants me.

7. It sings of past glory, the morning breeze
Blowing through the exquisite gardens.

8. It reminded me of love, stirred up passion anew,
And awakened longing I thought had faded.

9. Where your sand dunes refuse to forget,
And the barren land yields nothing.

10. Your body, soft and delicate,
Modesty flows through your beauty.

11. Temptation you are, whenever I glimpse you,
And when you stand, eyes lower to the ground.

12. Your branches have magic, your face is a moon,
Your glance all pearls, your saliva honey.

13. When the gaze falls upon your swaying branch
It leaves a wound that does not heal.

14. Blame me, blame me, though you know nothing
Of the desperate lover pleading his cause.

15. Do not blame me for a passion kept secret
With burning embers concealed inside.

16. To the refuge of valleys I strayed,
Where elegant palms stood sheltering gracefully.

17. A king dwells high above, ascended and exalted,
With Saturn orbiting below his station

18. His glory preceded him and refined him
To a degree no refined one has attained.

19. He established his rank, presided over his nation,
Achieved his goal while still advancing.

20. His noble traits include his chastity,
By his rule all nations were guided.

21. From his virtues and fine qualities,
And noble deeds, endless praise is due.

22. He is a towering knight, an ocean of munificence,
A sun of guidance never setting.

23. The Azd are his noble ancestors
Whose glory eternalized all their feats.

24. They built a noble line and gave lavishly,
And followed forebears virtuous and upright.

25. Through the messenger they built a faith
That dispelled the darkness for all.

26. Blessed, eloquent, truthful and just were they,
Victorious, gentle and ruled by equity.

27. O best of men, what do you see
Of people unaware of what you see?

28. My passion distraught, deprived of aid.
How often you granted gifts and pardon!