1. صبٌّ تولى حالتيْهِ في الهوى

    جلدٌ له عاصٍ ودمعٌ طَيّعُ

    A lovesick man's two states in love are governed

    by fortitude that defies him and tears that obey.

  2. ذو ناظرٍ ربعُ الكرى في جفنه

    خالٍ وحوضُ الدَّمعِ منه مُترعُ

    He has an eye in whose lid sleep's dwelling

    is empty, while the pool of tears it feeds is brimming.

  3. مولاي شمسَ الدَّولة الملك الذي

    شمس السّيادة من سناه تَطْلُعُ

    My lord, Shams al-Dawla, the king whose

    radiance gives rise to the sun of sovereignty.

  4. لولا أُرجِّي قربَ عودكَ لم يكن

    لي في الحياة لأَجل بعدكَ مطمعُ

    Were I not hoping you would soon return, there would be

    no hope for me in life, because you are far away.

  5. قَسَماً ببيتٍ أَمّهُ زُوَّارُهُ

    والطائفونَ السّاجدونَ الرُّكّعُ

    I swear by a House sought by its visitors,

    and those who circle it, prostrate themselves, and bow.

  6. مالي سواكَ من الحوادثِ ملجأٌ

    مالي سواكَ من النوائبِ مفزَعُ

    I have no refuge from calamities but you;

    I have no haven from afflictions but you.

  7. ولأَنتَ فخرُ الدِّين فخري في العُلى

    وملاذُ آمالي وركني الأَمنعُ

    And you, Fakhr al-Din, are indeed my pride in the heights of honor,

    and the refuge of my hopes and my most impregnable pillar.

  8. إلاّ بخدمتكَ المجلة موقعي

    واللّه ما للملكِ عندي موقعُ

    Save through service to you, which exalts my station,

    by God, kingship has no worth in my eyes.

  9. وبغيرِ قُربكَ كلُّ ما أَرجوهُ من

    درِّكَ المَنى متعذّرٌ متمّنعُ

    And without nearness to you, everything I hope for—

    the attainment of my wishes—is impossible and beyond reach.

  10. النّصرُ إن أَقبلتَ نحوي مُقبلٌ

    واليُمنُ إن أَسرعتَ نحوي مسرعُ

    Victory draws near if you come toward me;

    and good fortune hastens if you hasten toward me.