1. On the sweet spring of youth, desire of the gazelles or plaything of dolls
Young ladies whose flock is protected by a boy

2. Whose smell makes the jouster furrow his nose
My jealous eyes when darkness falls and spreads its robes

3. They secretly wander in the heart of the night
Staying awake while the stars overwhelm the horizons with sleep

4. I came upon them while the white shines under the Pleiades
So I parted their braids, stiff and twisted

5. And the break of dawn nearly showed me a glimpse
Of the late night on a gloomy face

6. And many dark moles on a mouth I did not kiss
So on the lips of darkness, instead, I sipped

7. I stayed awake anxious, tossing in the darkness
With fear upon fear, straight and slender

8. And I conversed with one until she wept blood
Our tears for the dawn when it smiled

9. And a tight embrace that steals the necklace from the neck
And neither of us wronged the wraps

10. Oh wonder until the dawn startles me
Woe to it, how it wounds my lovelorn heart

11. And if she met it with her tresses, she would bring back the night
Enveloped in its loosened veils, intensely black

12. And if its light left us, the tinkle of her trinkets
Would chime for us if it rang

13. And we do not care for the trinkets, though their sound
Shows the paucity of speech, strange

14. So no secret was divulged among them in confidence
Nor did we suspect them of betrayal

15. When she walked, speech did not enable the heart
Nor did the anklet attempt to speak

16. But her diffusion of musk oil betrayed me when she was perfumed
Bringing me sprigs of sweet basil, twins

17. No matter how many rumors spread between us
Love between us will not wither in future days

18. And I will always shun what I encountered in love
Graying on my temples from me plucking white hairs

19. Approaching forty, the nights overtake me
To make me gray and decrepit

20. And the train of old age and ascension pulls me
Burdening me with the weight of leadership, destroying me

21. And I shudder at honors, for it is in our nature
In times of adversity to act nobly

22. And I accept a delayed share of wealth
If my home is elevated

23. And my soul is intimate with its honor while still free
Seeing old age as bounty and begging as ruin

24. And some blame me, but if I contemplate their words
I know with certainty that they are more blameworthy

25. They ridicule me for deviating from people
And not praising a despicable, blemished wretch

26. Wait, I seek the legacy of my kin
While you hope to be clothed and fed

27. By God, I never begged at your door, O barefoot one!
So leave me be, O smelly, marked one!

28. Shall I pave a path to greed in ignorance
And leave a course to contentment known?

29. And though when born, my midwives likened me
To a lion, with arms like a cub's, strong

30. Had I wanted to gain wealth by pursuing it
I would have burdened a gallant steed until overwhelmed

31. Exhausting it on the journey, panting and breathing hard
So none lives satisfied with the wages of a life

32. Others demand except as a disgraced wretch
And I have a glance toward high ambitions and a resolve

33. That refused to visit the frowning side
And I draw from both hands clouds

34. Beneath which hopes brood
And if war bares its blade

35. And nestlings fly that crouched in worry
On a day whose sun is sick, whose expanse

36. Makes the morning seem night, so dark
You struck with a sword whose betrayal cannot fool you

37. Repelling the likes of the drinking horn, sharp
With an opinion that sufficed you, glorious, extolling it,

38. And the summit of heights and fortunate stars
You reached the distance, so be gentle to yourself, rest,

39. For after it, there is no more hardship to bear
It suffices the young man to surpass Hatim in generosity

40. And in might, Amr, and in opinion, Aktham
So the days were congratulated by glories from you

41. With which you illuminated the once dark time
He has an awe in which humility sleeps

42. And glory with the train of arrogance wrapped
And good fortune visited you, its happiness caressing your train

43. And casting its staff amidst your abode, sheltering
So make your enemies sacrifices when they twist

44. As a patch that the glorious determined pierce
And spill the earth's blood for ritual from blessings

45. And give the state from bounties blood
And do not claim anything but nobility, for they

46. Reward benefaction to one who benefits
And whoever adopts the practice of wretches

47. Will find himself regretful of its traces
And which servant of the sun whose family you flooded

48. With clouds like scattered rain when it intends
Who sends poetry to you, its taste is sweet

49. Its rhymes embracing order, systematic
And who expects riches from your favor

50. I served you only to serve
And which young man from Abd Shams whom you overwhelmed

51. With clouds like scattered rain when it intends
Who sent you poetry whose taste is sweet

52. Embracing rhymes, systematic
Seeking wealth through your favor

53. I served not but to serve