1. By the whiteness of your smiling dawn,
And the darkness of your lively gazelle's eye,

2. Your cheeks are roses sprinkled with camphor,
Adorned by the softness of velvet.

3. Your figure is slender as a rod when bent,
I fear its fragility under the weight of jewelry.

4. Yearning has made my body sick,
And your union has quenched my thirst after being far away.

5. How long can I hide my torment and tears,
When my secret heart pours out its hidden sorrows?

6. How often do I complain of my love-madness to the negligent one,
Woe to the ardent lover from the heedless beloved!

7. Her languid eyelids are firmly closed,
Gripping the eager heart tightly.

8. Her eyebrows tease and flirt with me,
Like arrows released from a strong bow.

9. They penetrate the ranks with their lightning,
Can the scent of fine musk be concealed?

10. Her cheeks on a slender waist,
And her apron on a plump hip,

11. Her curls on a dark night,
And her face veil on a brilliant moon.

12. The thorns of henna ward off gray hair from her cheeks,
Like thorns protecting a delicate rose.

13. When I try to pluck it with my eyes,
It says "Beware of forbidden pasture!"

14. My tongue is a sword from my sheath
And my glances are the strike of a brave warrior,

15. As if her eyelids hold in every heart,
The power of the mighty holy one.

16. A sword that came to him passed down,
From the Prince of the Faithful, from the Prophet,

17. We will hear about them what we have heard,
Of the Owner of the Trenchant Sword and Ali.

18. When his noble hand shakes theirs,
Say which of the two shines brighter!

19. People will argue who is the actual sword,
When they compete to reach the summit.

20. He chose the finest and ignored the rest,
By taking what is best or rejecting what is worthless.

21. He struck his enemies with an arrow from it,
Hitting the farthest intended target.

22. Abu al-Fath, boast and begin with a soul,
Nobler than the highest celestial sphere!

23. For you is the generosity which outshines valleys,
So its red flash humbles the pretentious.

24. Its water irrigates a specific land at times,
While you provide for poor and rich alike.

25. You have an army which, if it marched on land,
Would flatten the hills like a roaring flood.

26. Kings seek refuge in it while hunting,
Like the encircling halo around the brilliant moon.

27. When its horse galloped and grew thirsty,
It quenched their thirst with the blood of the valiant hero.

28. How can a trembling pillar stand firm,
When you are lighter than a running lion?

29. In that white hand is a stick,
Which accomplishes every deed like Moses.

30. When spears tangled, it destroyed them,
Like rope entwined around sticks.

31. The Solomon-like kingdom is unparalleled,
Adorned with Yusuf-like beauty.

32. With it you overpowered tyrants by force,
And gave the weak justice from the strong.

33. If you are like hell to an enemy,
You are like heaven to a friend.

34. You remain for this world a beauty,
Happy fate in a pleasant lifetime.