1. Arise, O youth, and leave the talk of the adviser,
For the rooster has split the darkness when it crowed.

2. The omens of dawn have disappeared, so pour me
What was left in the darkness of the goblet.

3. The wine that sparkled in the hand of its pourer
Brought joy only to one who is cheerful and delighted.

4. By Allah, it did not mix water with the wine,
Rather it mixed joy with happiness.

5. It shone, so were it not to quench thirst,
We would have said it is a mirage or overflowing drink.

6. It is the elite of generous wine, it did not make
Its drinker stingy except generous and open-handed.

7. The excuse for one who took off bashfulness
Or was reckless, is the hand of a coquettish slender one.

8. A moon, the anemones of whose garden are protected,
Unpursued by gazing eyes or anyone who grazed.

9. He came with black hair when it darkened,
And a face like the dawn when it is bright.

10. He sways like a willowy branch on the softness
Of his wrap, swaying to and fro.

11. The blue narcissus is shy of his glance,
And by his smile the bud of the wild rose blossomed.

12. So it is as if he is smiling with his dimples
Or as if adorned with a necklace and wraps.

13. In describing him and praising Musa, my mind is
Divided between jest and wit.

14. For the noble king, whom the world is set right for
And it is hard for me to say: Be righteous.

15. A king, if times were miserly to its people
With stinginess, he would be generous in munificence and expansive.

16. The clouds bow down when his palm competes with them,
So rain drips down from their foreheads.

17. The hissing lion is tasked with his justice
To graze the gazelle when in need.

18. Swords scorn the shoulder of other than you,
And say, besides you are the necklaces and prayer beads.

19. How many orators mentioned others than him,
When the pulpit creaked, it said: “Get off.”

20. They mentioned others so they robbed his virtues,
The home of the generous, his guide is a barking dog.

21. Amongst people is conflict in their religion,
While in his virtues all have agreed and reconciled.

22. The lights of the caliphate drew him, so he ascended
From the fire of his semite mountain when it kindled.

23. That one spoke to him on a mountain, and with
The hand of the Prophet’s cousin he attained favor.

24. Kings strived as he strived but they failed,
So he said: success of your striving has succeeded.

25. To Allah, how many blessings are in wrath
He has granted, and how many enemies he killed without being wounded.

26. A sword which blade gleamed in his cheek,
While death is behind its sheath when it flashed.

27. My lord, if my resolve dies in your absence,
Then your call is like the hand of Jesus when he wiped.

28. You were congratulated for the blessed new year,
With the continuance of your praiseworthy state which commenced.