1. The nightingale warbled upon the branches
To relieve us of the anguish of worries

2. The boughs of the wild plum leaned at dawn
When the arms of the breeze waved them about

3. The zephyr of flowers diffused its fragrance
Like the perfume of musk when it blows

4. The rainclouds drew their veils over themselves
Truly exposing the ardours of love

5. A gazelle, whose buttocks were taut
Lay in wait to hunt any easy prey

6. The wine loosened the knot from his smile
And the moles on his cheek unlocked my heart

7. Intoxicated by his alluring glance
As if I had taken a drink from his cup

8. No one but his smoothness turned the cup
The sun of the horizon whose light had shone

9. If a wakeful man smells it he freshens up
And the insipid, when they taste it, recover

10. No gloomy man touched it, his mind unsound
Except from it he straightened up and healed

11. The relief came to me from his relief
When he gave drink to one clinging and daybreak to one gloomy

12. I spend the night craving his love
And challenging my own passion to be chaste

13. If green appears in his garb
Then the red of roses adorns it

14. A wild plum branch bends its stem
And sways as it walks in delight

15. The eyelids of a fawn envelope treasures
Of cheek roses when they part

16. The breeze in it was as incense to it
Since the sorceress cast a spell and opened on him

17. The moles approved themselves as guards over it
When they saw this matter agreeable to it

18. Over it they put up a screen of sweet idols
Whose scent blew from their perfume

19. Teeth like kohl lined its sleepy eyes
And with the swords of charm its glances bled

20. Since it saw my tears as blood that flowed
It realised my eyes for it had gained

21. A flirtatious charmer fooled me with his flirtation
And falsely claimed in blaming that he gave good advice

22. I do not complain of his act except to one
To whom the reins of reconciliation pulled

23. The eloquent, valiant one, whose verse
Rendered the eloquent speechless in his presence

24. Ahmad the righteous, such righteous one who
Counts gaining praise finer than gifts

25. A guiding sun whose lights have shone
And how much in it the darkness of ignorance it erased

26. A lion, if it bared its might
And the beasts saw it bare its fangs from it

27. Deep in knowledge except that he
In the oceans of merit truly swam

28. With high towers in which
The moon of the horizon never glanced

29. Magnanimous, if poverty entered
This abode, in it he would be magnanimous

30. If we disdained his gifts due to plenty
Then we desire him to offer

31. In it for glory is glory whenever
The fortunate gazed upon it

32. If merit were up to him we would erect
Since we saw toward him the snares set up

33. If I knew a tenth of his traits
I could not encompass a tenth of the one I praise

34. O generous one who with ease purchased through
Giving, the praise I gave

35. O forbearing one who hopes for his pardon
And the unjust one pardoned his lapse

36. I present to you an untouched pearl
That if it appeared at daylight its smoothness the sun of dawn

37. If we recited it to the blind, he would see
Or to the mute, his speech would at once be eloquent

38. Or if we read it to one deaf
His hearing would appear opened up

39. My thoughts ushered it in as a bride
For its adornment remain happily residing

40. And live in happiness and honour as long as
The nightingale warbled upon the branches