1. سقت بجوار الدّمع عني جوارياً

    على تركها مني السلام ورومها

    [My eye] watered maidens on my behalf with streams of tears;

    Peace from me upon their Turks and Byzantines.

  2. أوانس أن ينعم حشانا بقربها

    لقد شقيت من بعدها بكلومها

    Companionable maidens, that our hearts might delight in their nearness—

    It has indeed suffered from their wounds since their departure.

  3. وقد لقيت في الحبِّ ما لقيت عدى

    لآلاءِ سيف الملك عاشت لشومها

    And in love it suffered what the foes suffered—

    Foes of Sayf al-Mulk’s bounties, who lived to their own misfortune.

  4. تشاريف سيف الملك شاقت لناظر

    فلله مرئى روضها وغيومها

    Sayf al-Mulk’s robes of honor captivated the beholder;

    How wondrous, by God, the sight of their gardens and clouds!

  5. رأى الناصر السلطان علياك تجتلى

    فتحسن في زركاشها ورقومها

    Al-Nasir, the sultan, saw your eminence revealed,

    Looking splendid in their gold embroidery and patterns.

  6. فواصل نعماها بملكٍ وواصلت

    يداك على العافين فيض سجومها

    So he followed their blessings with dominion; and still flowed

    Your hands’ flood of rain upon those seeking bounty.

  7. فكم من عراةٍ جُوّعٍ يا أخا العطا

    تحانت على أكبادها وجسومها

    For so many naked, hungry people, O brother of bounty,

    Your hands bent tenderly over their livers and bodies.