1. O Malik, do not be merry, O bringer of bounties
Have you not heard what Khansa' said about bounties?

2. Is your heart made of rock, or are you a rod
That does not bend, or are you deaf due to stubbornness?

3. Return with your camels to the meadows as young she-camels
And let them graze freely and sleep soundly

4. Khansa' was accustomed to something, so she became attached
To their departure and separation after intimacy

5. We talked about Kaẓima's
Whispering of magic, a gentle conversation

6. A reminder of love and its secrets
The enemy slept, while what was concealed from her slept

7. On a night of awakening that did not leave
For the eye a share in dreams

8. We stayed up singing of blame, and our intoxication
Filled vessels with sweet drink

9. Some gentle faces departed from loyalty
Deceiving with betrayal those who used to be veiled

10. Oh, how excellent is the night of youth and its duration
Its moons were complete for us and did not wane

11. And pleasure indirectly attained that did not
Fully echo or fully taste the wine

12. Who can give me a day or an hour of union
If it lasted for me in a chamber that did not last?

13. Flashing lightning or shining light
Or have you sensed from my youth what you had not sensed?

14. O my friend, if you wished, you would have known for me
Who lights the fire atop the banner

15. Are the gazelles of youth like our pact
Frolicking shadows that come together?

16. You are the son of the night's resolve if you accompany me
In the weariness of sunset and boredom

17. And if you embark with me on the danger of the desolate plain
Like one who does not consult when he is determined

18. How long will sitting beneath the stairs of harm
Be the opportunity for one who oppresses and one who wrongs?

19. You consider every comfort contentment
And in contentment is comfort that cannot be blamed

20. Attack the matter if you fear it
And stand if the exalted one says: Stand

21. Do not trim your claws while sitting still
Indeed, lions are captives in traps

22. The shame of the path you dissolve
Is better than the path of loyalty and generosity

23. Dawn has become clear, so what excuse
Does the son of travel have in the stumbling of blind night?

24. The palm of Abu Al-Qasim is just in
Generosity, so do not pay attention to the injustice of one who divided

25. With my companion I sought shade in its shadows
The outcasts of superiority and the deviants of speech

26. The soaked glory picked itself up
Victorious from the palm of every usurper

27. And every restless one settled for his provision
And the dead of generosity rose from beneath the stones

28. The circles split, cracked
In the kingdom, which were not solid and could not be patched

29. I faced the full moon coming from it, unveiled
Having removed the veil, and the crescent still veiled

30. Blessed of nature, his face shows
In events a spark when there is darkness

31. His good tidings guide the children of petition
The elite of what guides to the flourishing garden

32. He threatened the blamer in generosity, so if
He gave what was behind the ribs, he would not be blamed

33. As if his critic over generosity
Was one who strives, urging on the burning coals

34. Those who pardon said to him: Say, why in vain?
So he said it and did not say how or why

35. Regret did not free his molars
Over dew, nor did dew alongside regret

36. How many states were bound by him, appeased
And bounties grew at the top of the pyramid?

37. They pledged allegiance to him, so he was loyal, and
Cured with his view the incurable disease

38. And they tested him as a horseman and a companion
On the day of battle and the day they exchange peace

39. He advised them covertly and guided them as youth
While the sword was baring and the brother was suspect

40. Fate exercised patience over his management
And fate is touched by him, the germs of blames

41. The radiance of his resolve gathered the matter
And the ribs of horses that cut through the crowds

42. Smooth is the pipe of pottery, no
Roughness scratched its channels, nor deafness

43. Of a pure white clay its glory is purified
Time wears out and the footsteps pat

44. Its children walked above the summits of loftiness
And surpassed with merit the ancestors of nations

45. A house upon wealth, were it not for its dignity
The Arabs would not have submitted to non-Arabs in the past

46. The banners of this land are among them and through them
The torrents of this water and the fire are theirs

47. May you be ransomed, O son of the most generous! Supplicate—
Do not let the aspirations of resolves rain upon me!

48. Content with humiliation and the incapacity of purpose
With what he gained, joyful, and what he tasted

49. A name without meaning behind it pleases him
When it is marked with “exalted,” though meaningless

50. He did not know where his misery came from
So he is a stranger in it, dignified within

51. He intended you harm out of hatred
So the arrow returned from where it was shot

52. It awakened rancor within you, then
His eyes begged for the gentleness of dreams

53. And he extended a hand without an arm above it
Or fingers to compete with you, though unyielding

54. So look at him fallen beside
The death throes of betrayal and stumbling of regret

55. He knows that if his ribs were safe
From your oppression, he would indeed be safe

56. Bounty did not turn away from you in the nights
And you were familiar with the companionlessness of bounty

57. Nor did you find from an enemy an opportunity
Except you forgave, even if the crime was great

58. And Nairūz rose in your good fortune
Upon you, smiling toward you

59. A messenger of a thousand like him guarantees
That he will fulfill those numbers for you and complete them

60. A day came with the visitors standing
With standing, serving between the servants

61. So welcome him and return him to his sender
Honored, having won from you and gained

62. I tied my rope since I knew maturity
To you, so my hand did not betray, nor untie

63. And I lived among you half my life
With the hand of wealth extended into the bosom of nonexistence

64. The days do not hope to usurp me
Nor do I fear my time, even if it becomes old

65. You were my uplifter and promoter
From the lowness of my state to the loftiest summit

66. The one who planted me before a hand touched me
And watered my branch before it flourished

67. Addressing from my thoughts virtues
In whose dowries the most precious values are spent

68. Every girl has her youth with her
While with you is the deflowering of what is not sealed by her

69. No passion was written for her, nor
Was she bound out of fear of fleeting betrayal

70. You have filled the expanse of poetry with your description
And encompassed the horizons with you

71. I gave you the cores of my brain
The effort of Zuhair though his praise was of ruins

72. Do not let those rights disappear among you
Nor be lost with you those covenants

73. Do not make my need permissible except through you
And every provision is divided among your homes

74. Gather me into you, for it is not
Proper to repel shame except that I be gathered

75. And forbid my hunt except that you hunt me
Protecting the doves in the sanctuary

76. And reserve me, for I am a remainder
That time does not replace for you