1. I swear by the eyes, the best oath,
My right hand I have never extended to other than him.

2. None but him have I loved among the beautiful,
My eyes have seen him, the most beautiful.

3. Whoever saw the sun and the stars near it
And then loved the star, was certainly mad.

4. It is the way of those sane in love by nature
To love the most beautiful, not the inferior.

5. The most beautiful and best thing
Is by nature pleasing to all religions.

6. O critic of my love, do not blame me,
For blaming my love hurts me.

7. What heart has ever been devoid of love and passion
For a beauty, at any time?

8. Do not try to dissuade me from this,
For that is the real ugliness in this attempt at betterment.

9. How can I be blamed for loving the full moon?
You are certainly one who loves him, for sure.

10. All people agree he is uniquely beautiful,
So they loved him, like Qays the madman.

11. He possessed all beauty and refinement,
What beauty compares to his hidden beauty?

12. How, when even the sun was one of his slave girls
Since the world was created, at the start of creation?

13. If one with insight saw him and his beauty,
The sun would set, embarrassed, for years.

14. He sways with a figure like a spear,
Its bending stabs lions with softness.

15. With eyelids the dawn itself hides from,
What magic compares to the magic of his eyelids?

16. Melting the body, stealing the soul with passion,
Taking away the mind, he is madness itself.

17. There is no recovery for one who is afflicted by him,
What remedy can cure me?

18. With glances they conquer even when sick,
No sword compares to their sharp sword.

19. Whenever she glanced angrily at a lion,
The lion of the den escaped her.

20. With coquetry, eyeshadow and kohl,
She intoxicates them to kill the passionate.

21. There is nothing that can protect her lover,
Since I know nothing can protect me from her.

22. O my friend, make the wine flow toward me
Among the meadows and trees, among the branches.

23. It is the memory of the beloved, so it is life,
So keep it flowing, perhaps it will revive me.

24. And excel in what you recite,
For the spirit's delight is in excelling in recitation.

25. And recite it eloquently, sensibly, faithfully,
The sensible one does not betray.

26. Whoever betrays in this is not sensible,
For the unwise one is not faithful.

27. The unique one of the time, essence of glory, from him
Calendars and evaluations have reached their limit.

28. Like the Kaaba of excellence, he is the pillar of my faith,
Every blessing stems from my auspicious pillar.

29. Scholar of the time, unmatched, unique,
A master, encompassing all the arts.

30. Unmarried, perfect, devout, pure,
Has attained, with knowledge, the utmost success.

31. And in his fight against the self, won victory,
So the Master granted him a clear opening.

32. So describe for him every perfection,
In the way of correction and betterment.

33. He is peerless and this is no wonder,
Does not even the sun lack a rival?

34. A lord who has achieved happiness with achievements,
Prosperity has befriended him, and it is the best company.

35. Glorious, whose glory has no equal,
I have said, even by imagining and guessing.

36. Fine Arabizer, eloquent, articulate,
With solid, elegant speech.

37. A cleaving poet, and if he is competed with,
Can the sailing ship race the winds?

38. Whoever sees himself competing with him one day,
His mind remains like that of an infant.

39. If he wants to produce a strange rhyme,
He composes it effortlessly.

40. In rhymes as he wishes and accepts,
His command prevails without support.

41. And if rhymes obey his command,
How strange, the acceptance of the trusted one's command!

42. And he is noble, of high worth and status,
Sublime, among the people of distinction.

43. Honored by his God, not disgraced,
God's honoree, none can dishonor him.

44. And generous, handsome, with a radiant face,
Always in the state of giving, bright of forehead.

45. He is the sea of generosity, how, when he has become
One who grants pearls while not stingy himself?

46. He is unlike Ma'n and Hatim in reality,
Or imagined, in this matter.

47. He is a poet who gives and bestows
From a mine of his hidden treasure.

48. The most generous of people is a poet, and they
Wherever they gave, with the hidden gem.

49. They granted the praised, through it, an arrangement
Arranged like a necklace of valuable pearls.

50. So He blessed them likewise with generosity,
God bless, or with something disgraceful.

51. I wish I knew which of the two is more generous,
So answer me, advocate of explanation.

52. O noble one, here is a virgin she-camel, swift,
The daughter of my thoughts, in robes of decoration.

53. I have protected her from all but you in the bridal chamber of my thoughts,
The daughters of thoughts are the best protected.

54. So accept her, and be with her the best pleased,
And take up her book with your right hand.

55. And live forever in power, in delight
That lasts, not sorrowful.

56. The gentle breeze has never sung
To make the branches dance.

57. Only the beloved servants of the Subtle One swore love,
I swear by the eyes, the best oath.