1. Perhaps the aversion of grief is comforted by roses
So my eyes thank what my cheek complained of

2. And I, the existence of the impossible, yet
My hopes draw near to the far with the far

3. The goal of my desire turned away from me and the reaching of its glory
So neither does its distance draw near nor its nearness avail

4. It is love, no security is hoped for from its fear
So had the shepherd not looked after me with intent, I would have been looked after with indifference

5. For you are an eyelid that does not dry from weeping
And an intoxication of the heart that does not awaken from passion

6. And your life in the days of youth, the prime of life
So my eye was busy since between us with yearning

7. A time when we breathed in nothing but the wine of union
And picked nothing but the roses of the cheek

8. So oh time of pleasures, will you return
With what passed in those dwellings and covenant?

9. And oh neighbor whom estrangement of passion carried away
With the livelihood of love, do not violate the pact of affection

10. And oh breezes of the wind from their land
Are you the fragrances of my loved ones or musk and basil?

11. And what is the state of my heart in dwelling with them for they
Remained with it after me and my covenant with it lengthened

12. The gazelles hindered it with their snare
And left it, I know not what its state is after me

13. Except an eyebrow enchanting the gazelles with its glance
Except a leader restraining fate with his lion-breaking

14. Except one conveying from me the meteor, that I
Came to him, deterring caprice with uprightness

15. To the spring of knowledge, merit and sublimity
To the rising place of grace, prosperity and fortune

16. To the abode of ordeals in the field of enemies
To the position of benefit on the path of praise

17. To a master whom no station remains
Too lofty just as no effort of his remains fruitless

18. And my intention is none but belonging to his court
For if I miss this then I have missed my intention

19. It's as if when his eyes observe me
My outstretched hope flows on the smooth dune

20. And this time has turned away from its delusions
And my days changed to serenity from rancor

21. Oh brother of glorious lineage which pedigrees
Have inclined towards its splendor, firm as spears

22. I praised you but my praise is of the lion with eloquence
Or the full moon with sublimity or the blade with sharpness

23. And if I intentionally exceeded in praising you
In spite of me, sincerity in that intention appeared

24. The arrows of favors revolved around you as
The fire of plots extinguished against your enemy

25. Najeeb appeared on his face the mark of glory
And the fortunate brilliant star shone for us from his forehead

26. It's as if I see him while favors are inherited
Pulling the reins of glory, the excellent coolness

27. And planting his victory in the liver of glories
And do cubs deviate from the nature of lions?

28. So take them as lines in prose as if they are
The creeping of a fawn that appeared on the cheek of a spear

29. They came to you as the prime of thought dressed
In mourning garb for the loss of good fortune with blackness

30. They wandered for a time until the caller to righteousness
Called to you so they cast in your bosom the staff of resolve