1. The memory of youth stirred him
And he sighed in melancholy, trying to pull himself together

2. I have no excuse anymore before the virgins
Since some gray hairs appeared on my head as a sign of old age

3. Gravity in a young man's ear is more pleasing to him
Than their talk that gray hair brings dignity

4. By God, the days of youth, if they were not
Like fruitless trees, would be fruitless

5. None of them seemed short to me
And so are the days of happiness, fleeting

6. With every singing girl it is as if her tambourine
Is honey sucked from bitter aloe wood

7. Her white neck is like a string of stars
Her wrists adorned with crescent moon bracelets

8. She betrayed the pact of love, and whoever
A deceitful pond flows over, it will deceive in the morning

9. Singers have no need of a wrinkled old man
Destitution has befallen him and poverty

10. As for youth, it does not return, but sometimes
Good fortune returns and prosperity is restored

11. A king, when the clouds of his generosity rain down
The rains cannot be contained in his lands

12. Hearts shrink in fear of his might
And eyes avert when he appears

13. Time succeeds through mention of him, and poetry
And poets are adorned by discourse of him

14. Ask him for peace and beware of the palms of his hands
Lest you drown, for they are seas when he is calm

15. His dew, if it touched hot stones
Would melt them with the softness of his fingers

16. As if each limb has a balance
From his palm, or a flowing spring

17. By God, what excellent companions they have become
It is as if their traits themselves are richest

18. They have attained glory through good repute
But fall short of achieving the causes of disgrace

19. Every admirable deed makes it harder
For its critic to disparage it

20. He has done many good acts, so that one man
Contains both scarcity and abundance

21. I associated with them, so I drowned in their benevolence
As the flood carries off a straw

22. And I recognized them, so I recognized that I
Cannot disavow either them or their kindness

23. O king, whose resolves
Accomplish what destiny does not

24. By God, your treatment of your cousin
Bears signs of good fortune for him

25. You have come to live in a familiar abode
So the resident prospers and the neighbor thrives

26. Why do we not increase in strength over enemies
When we have your right hand and left?

27. If we sought help, we would find from both of you
A burden the likes of which burdens cannot bear

28. May you both live long, for favors
As long as there is gloomy night and shining day