1. Musk began to show on his cheek,
So I spent the night wandering in daylight,

2. And moons of beauty appeared on his face,
Free from concealment and secrecy.

3. When he glanced, he cast down eyes,
So that even lions had no choice but to flee before him.

4. I marveled at his fortune when with but a glance
From lowered lids and bent posture he gained victory.

5. He sways with a slender, bending figure,
So my susceptible heart is pierced by him.

6. A beauty who disdained the love of a lover,
And a gazelle who was accustomed to fleeing.

7. My eyes were hurt by his coquettish glances and eyes
Which clothed my eyelids in yellow robes.

8. His cheeks became the abode of roses,
So I ransomed myself for the sake of those cheeks.

9. His mouth exhales the perfume of blossoms
With which I scent perfumes instead of aloes wood.

10. He had a waist, delicate without weakness,
With a belt that became like bracelets.

11. And a body that shone in green raiment
That made what was beneath it seem freshly plucked.

12. And a mouth - if it smiled revealing teeth
Pearls and corals appeared from it.

13. When he lifted his veil I became intoxicated
With the raising of the veil and its rending.

14. One night he visited and revived
My dead heart by his visit to my tomb.

15. He conversed with me sweetly with words
So my short life was prolonged rapturously.

16. We spent the night in each other's arms
In the darkness of night without concealment.

17. He lay the whole night coddling me,
While I was not miserly with my left hand.

18. Until the dawn breathed its perfume in the east,
Its scent exceeding the diffusion of perfumes.

19. It appeared as if he and the night were homes
Of a noble man, lofty of minaret.

20. An imam who attained glory and pride
And gained complete honor with his glory.

21. In the world and time a refuge, a fortress,
A kind patron to the fallen.

22. A sun in the sky of might, a moon
Shining in the sky of virtue.

23. For him, from a noble lord, the All-Merciful
Adorned his body with the garb of dignity.

24. Through him the lofty were raised high, flowing
Far from the skirts of disgrace.

25. When the eulogist is long in praise of him
They have achieved the utmost concision.

26. So O you who brings security to those in fear
And frees the captive from fetters

27. O you in whose oceans of palms
We have become as if grasped by the new moon.

28. Prolonged in my eulogizing of you.
If the stars knew the fashioning of my verse

29. In my praising of you and my strewing of verse,
They would immediately fall upon us

30. To string themselves into a necklace in your praise.
So accept graciously the product of my mind

31. And do not listen to those who find fault therein.
Show favor upon it beyond what is deserved

32. And dress its faults in the garb of concealment.
Keep your high rank and unmatched glory,

33. Not reached by the sun of day
Nor stirred by the branches of acacia trees

34. To dispense with the warbling of singers.