1. A lightning flash whose glimmer I glimpsed
As if the fair one had pierced the corridor

2. I became lovesick for him, though he pained me
And burdened me with a love that cannot be borne

3. If he is a young man, then I
Long for him and for his neighbor

4. I was burdened by him, and he ignited
My yearning for him into burning and inflammation

5. I stay up when I notice the flash of lightning
To watch it pleading and trembling

6. And I block the path if the companions appear
To ask about the place I suspect she frequents

7. I quenched your thirst, oh maiden, with the essence of my love
And its most sincere embrace and attachment

8. Yet you left me, though my tears run down
Do you not see my streaming, flooding tears?

9. Will you not shelter me? For your love
Has made me drink a cup of bitter sorrow

10. I did not feel the pain of our separation until
The callers called for our final parting

11. So I came to bid farewell, but you turned away
Turning harshly, paining me, so difficult

12. And you said, do you not wake up? I said no,
Can one in love wake when parted?

13. You shone like the sun and musk
So my heart met the most difficult of trials

14. As if you were a gazelle, with eyes and voice
Yet no gazelle in flank and leg

15. So I said I would pardon those who blamed you
When the blamer provoked you with insult

16. And I could not bid farewell save with a tearful glance
I had stolen in longing

17. Yours is what you hope from me
In reward for your loyalty to me

18. From me to the noble gathering of Abdullah
Greetings of interwoven subtlety

19. Surpassing musk and spring's fragrance
And the wine's clear taste

20. To the charming blossoms who were never
Equaled by their counterparts in union

21. Guides of the lost with enlightening guidance
Not fearing any darkness or confusion

22. Servers of the guided, traveling far
And the party of the misguided noisy throng

23. Protectors of the faith, who take it as their purpose
When the horizon narrows around them

24. Greetings befitting the status of a spiritual guide
An imam who climbed the highest summits

25. A gallant who was foremost in virtues
When the racetracks summoned the racers

26. He emulated his fathers in manners and ethics
So he is gentle with every praiseworthy one

27. And hands of virtue granted him the highest goals
While the free birds scattered in every direction

28. And faith kindled his heart until
The lightning of his cheeks shone radiantly

29. And a glance from him captured hearts
Who had drunk forgetting for eras

30. I say to our envious enemies, shame!
He who tried to secretly emulate him

31. You intended the most knowledgeable of them
And the most devout, the furthest from sin

32. The most generous, constantly bestowing
Without reproach, the most beneficial company

33. The most patient when faced with the foolish
When the foolish one provoked and opposed

34. The sweetest in friendship and affection
The most difficult and exhausting in conflict

35. Greetings from a loving friend, no hypocrite
Who avoided hypocrisy in his devotion to you

36. And spent his mornings devoted to you, bound
Restrained when seeking to break free

37. So unbind his ties, for he is confident
You will unbind the ties that restrain him