1. The sword of dawn shed the blood of night,
Is there solace after wounds at dawn's light?

2. Clouds scattered pearls of dew,
That the branch strung like a necklace.

3. As if the mist's coronet of dreams
Had studded the cloud with hail of wit.

4. And a meadow of scattered flower's fragrance
Stirred by the passing winds.

5. A songbird trilled on her branch,
As her sister fluttered wings in dance.

6. She sang with such virtuosity,
That even one mute would cry "Bravo!"

7. My heart quivers with love's memory,
Yearning for dwellers of those lands.

8. A girl whose heart is empty of love,
While mine, because of her, quivers like a brand.

9. When her necklace rests upon her breast,
You'd think the leaves jealous in jest.

10. I pass my night conversing with the raven of gloom,
Once he had stained us with his wings.

11. The palm of Abdul Rahim shone to us
White and open-handed in generosity.

12. His charity flowed upon the land,
Lasting, encompassing all the lands.

13. Missives from his chests alternate,
As oft as the chests of spears alternate.

14. He brought blessings to vagabond and rebel alike
With bounty made lawful and help made available.

15. With him, honor and the honorable were paired,
Just as generosity and righteousness were paired.

16. Whene’er I look upon his stature,
My tongue falls short in praise and accolade.

17. No doubt however long the night of gloom,
The dawn of success shall draw near.

18. You brought us a celebration in which
You show us all foes like some dismembered corpses.