1. My heart is enamored with the memory of al-‘Âmiriyya
And poured its passion into the ribs which became its abode

2. The gleam of dawn shone, and here, in the bosoms of the brilliant dawn
The mouth of the beloved smiled at the dawn from Laylâ

3. She appeared, so every onlooker looked at her beauty
And leaned, so every admirer in his passion became devoted

4. If one day she becomes distracted from her passion for another
Then the slanderer’s claims were not truthful in what he alleged

5. I did not forget when she bid me farewell while my tears
Became necklaces lined up on her cheek

6. She walked away after hinting affectionately towards me with her gaze
And she bid the tips of her fingers farewell

7. Springtime is the permitted meeting place between us
I said to her: “No, our forbidden tryst is better”

8. Her family traveled on and she bid them farewell
While grief and regret remained with me

9. I was overwhelmed with ruins and pouring tears hoping for news
About her family from Ibn Yamlû so I ask about them

10. Whenever the morning breeze blows, their news
From those who know her, I gently inhale

11. I roam around asking about them while my ribs
Have settled in and pitched their tents within my chest

12. They say to me, so seek their embers from afar
I said: And is there any other fire for me to kindle except my heart?

13. I called out to them when they traveled off as the darkness receded
Is this breeze exhalation or did you smile?

14. I imagined the gazelle shone
As they came into sight, my delusion ceased

15. For them, a place to camp on the slope
Where my tears congeal into ruby with them

16. Through them the face of time has shone and its mouth has smiled
So their days in time are a holiday and a season

17. And how much sequenced talk is between us in our love
My eyelids narrated it to me through tears about them

18. They are my intention, my question and my longing and if they asked
My burning heart does not question and they are them

19. My torment is tortured with the agony of my love for them
And the sweetest thing in it comes from them

20. So people, love is under the protection of loyalty
A slain victim of love’s agony they have blamed

21. Our loved ones blocked us, denied us, turned away
They cared generously, treated unjustly, accused falsely and judged dictatorially

22. Yet my heart upon what they pledged of loyalty
Remains steadfast and the cord of affection does not break

23. Ask the living what the one who died of love for you endured
And how does an abandoned house answer or speak?

24. Rather ask about the state of the streaming tears of the youth in love
It informs you of what transpired for it knows

25. Or ask my heart which I sent
As a messenger with news of passion to you

26. And I swear that if not for your love in my chest
My bending heart enduring sorrows would not have withstood

27. Nor the torment of separation, communication from afar, and the slope of anguish
Were it not for the Almighty beloved

28. A prophet for Him has great glory and elevation
So say what you wish in praising Him for He is Greater

29. He is the Opening, the Messenger sent, and the Seal
With whom the treasures of the prophecies are sealed

30. He is the downpour except that his sources are gentler
He is the singular essence that cannot split

31. And if his time comes later than Moses and Jesus
He is still the foremost advancing

32. For Moses and Jesus prophesized his arrival
And he existed before Moses, Jesus and Mary

33. He came in spring so the universe adorned a robe
Embroidered by the tails of comets made as signs

34. And the lights shone from the glow of his light
And the fires of Persia were extinguished

35. He continued to grow between the grapes of his people
Becoming greater in the sight of the Greatest

36. Until he came upon polytheism with a sword
And to our faith inviting victory and advancement

37. So dawn of the religion and guidance shone bright
As the night of disbelief and misguidance turned dark

38. The sun of daybreak returned to the horizon for his sake
And the full moon split itself in half honoring him

39. The beasts of the wild and the deer submitted to him
As his light even reached and split them

40. And the plants bloomed at his rise
As did the full moon of night, all submitting to him

41. He never sought vengeance for himself
Pardoning the unjust wrongdoer, forbearing and kind

42. The like of him ascended the throne riding
With Gabriel serving him through the ascent

43. What more can I say and praise him?
For the words of God about him judge and rule

44. Judging him the verses came and our Lord
Certainly did pray upon him so pray and submit

45. So my joy to lovers who sang his attributes in the Hejaz
And that place for them is good so linger

46. When counting the generosity of the most generous the drop
Of existence from his hands is more plentiful than heavy rain

47. And if the earth and then its equivalent filled
His generosity would still erase it with bounty and grace

48. And his noble companions are like stars
That shine at the peak of glory and greatness

49. With innocent faces they shine, sing praise
As the gloom of night for frowning faces darkens

50. The backs of the corrupt darkened in their absence
And the administrator of justice straightened them

51. Whenever they fought enemies and contended
Against them they ruled the day of battle with dominance

52. Their innocence has a hue so whenever they wrote
The darkness of their high minds drafts and knots

53. And how often they brought the ocean onto every swimmer
Never drawing back except the ocean of passion bled

54. They obtained no fear nor did fear obtain them
As God gave them reward and spoils in both abodes

55. With the merits of the Messenger of God they are exalted
Leading over those who came before them

56. My master of honorable messengers and whoever
Raises the banner of praise of victory emblazons it

57. When will the son of a king from you heal
Displacing misery from him to comfort?

58. Reward me, reward me for I have come to you hopeful
He who harbors hope in you shall not despair

59. Far be it that the generous chieftain denies
A hopeful beseeching has come striving yet deprived

60. For it is the custom of masters that their guests
Are protected and cared for under their haven and grace

61. Perhaps from the flames of Hell I take refuge in your glory tomorrow
And gather among a repentant submitting nation

62. Do you see the features of goodness
And the fragrance of youth in its aroma gently inhaled?

63. I shall begin prayers of blessing upon him and through greeting peace
I seal this ode of praise composed

64. May the prayers and peace of God be upon you
Then upon your family and the companions whose narrations

65. Begin and end every beautiful mention