1. Your excuses appeared when you appeared,
And my excuse became serious love for you.

2. My soul is your ransom - how small a price
For the beauty of your face to be ransomed!

3. O you who are singular in beauty,
Transcending all others and unmatched,

4. Your beauty outshines that of gazelles
And shows the flaw of full moons.

5. The moles on your cheek vie
With myrtle and roses in beauty.

6. Was our torment from your aloofness not enough
That you increased the distance?

7. Do you forbid the lawful union
And make a habit of deliberate murder?

8. I regret the joy, but out of
Fear of gossip, I say "My bliss!"

9. I feel the cold north wind though it
Burns my guts with chill.

10. They said "You sleep," and I said "Out of
Yearning for your image I lay down deliberately."

11. Sleep reconciles us
And sleep is best for me and more fulfilling.

12. If not for your love which
Always shows me the right way,

13. I would have endured patiently
Since I am not one to despair of love.

14. I busied myself with guides and the rightly-guided one
Who guides me and shows me the way,

15. A king whom I wish safety
From calamities and the protection of helpers,

16. Whose reign is easy if
You support him - you bring good fortune.

17. He implanted skills in souls
Which then bore fruits of gratitude and praise.

18. Of the house of Ghassan the sublime
Who excelled mankind in might and glory,

19. A spring of generosity through time
Ever increasing with loftiness and passion.

20. Good in nature he remains
To God in private and in public.

21. Firm against enemies, no enemy could challenge him,
He filled the horizon with armies

22. And blocked the land with barriers.
Like the sea with ships sailing behind them

23. And cavalry over land in rows.
You pursued them aggressively and directly...

24. None like the two of them existed for the one
Of the two ages as supporters and soldiers.

25. Because of fear of them Gog and Magog
Erected against them the dam.

26. With their swords
Piercing, burning, cutting.

27. They would not take
A gazelle or yearling as captive,

28. With their wounds, or chained
By the neck and fettered,

29. A warrior whom a lord with might rescued,
Escaping from the talons of the vultures.

30. Fleeing from calamity and dishonor is more calamitous.
Terror overwhelmed their young

31. And brought you white hair in youth.
You destroyed them and inherited

32. Their wealth, kingdoms, and offspring.
O best of Ghassan fathers

33. And most rightful of them to rule,
You surpassed their precedence, and in the world

34. Attained might, high position, and fervor.
My master, the messenger would not stop thanking you

35. As long as I exerted effort,
Seeking to thank you as much as I am able, though the right of your thanks cannot be repaid.

36. So forgive me, for if I erred in my heart,
I did so deliberately.

37. O joy of my days - may the days
Never lose you.