1. I say, as my cup gained from him
Some wine, and left me careless in my sorrow,

2. The full moon rose before me, so greetings to it,
Rising fortune-blessed and well-matched.

3. It is a plentiful rain in a garden of glory,
Whatever you wish of honor and strength.

4. So they split, spreading the fragrance of piety - indeed it
Is sweeter than the scent of meadows.

5. And they wiped away the flowers of ascension - indeed it
Brought more radiance than garden blooms.

6. By my father, how you two glittered,
Beyond all hope and security.

7. And how they brought you the morning sun
While night was clothed in its gown.

8. They brought you magic, not from Babylon,
And musk, not from the horizon's houses.

9. And they entrusted you to a dome whose ceiling
Is the wings of sheltering birds.

10. Unless it were Eden, in its shade,
You and one of its maidens with dark eyes.

11. Alas! O Abu Bakr, these wishes
Seduce me into fantasies.

12. O essence of knowledge and its details
Of every duty and tradition!

13. If a people come with their records,
You are the record of records.

14. With whom do people compete against their foes,
In every gathering enraptured by you?

15. Our battlefields have been emptied of you
And become other than battlefields.

16. You bite your hands in longing and regret,
For one enraptured, and overcome with passion.

17. And whenever you traveled to a country,
It called out in the loudest voice, "Enough for me!"

18. Until you came and stayed in Homs, there came
A watching of the flanks of Korah.

19. Vie for honor, though unfortified,
From all embellishment and fortification.

20. For your life is now clear, so enjoy it,
Since it is a possession, not forever.