1. A white vision visited you, and brought to life her imagination,
Modesty mixing with coquetry in her glance,

2. She led your heart and it recovered, as did hearts led to youth and bent them,
As if she knocked with a meadow's breeze, its shade spreading in spring,

3. She asked questions in a dream to a sleepless one,
Unceasing in her questioning, disheveled, clutching his cloak,

4. To the youths she came when they were resting, done with pursuing fancies and their trials,
Their clothes like Indian cloth, eyes overlooking its embroidery,

5. They laid their cheeks by their loved ones, their bites complaining of the pain of parting,
She sought out the Commander of the Faithful, reaching him at dawn after her journey,

6. Drawing you out into the wilderness, crossing its expanses and sands,
Pursuing the she-camel, its saddle shaken by its leanness and wear,

7. Passionately yearning, rending apart the midday suns when they are overlooked,
Escaping when the flock is raised, as the pregnant ewe escaped, completing its journey in the dark,

8. Like an archer's arrow, she reached you, filling her saddle and straps,
The Commander of the Faithful Muhammad revived the ways of the Prophet, their prohibitions and permissions,

9. A King whose spring gushed forth from Hashim, God extended its shade over all people,
A mountain for his nation, taking refuge in its pillar, reducing to rubble the mountains of its enemies,

10. No great fear befell it, but he made time and space for it,
Until the most blessed son relieves it, he found his father a reliever of its like,

11. Firm-footed amidst the changing tides of events, directing each situation toward its outcome,
With both hands you gave generously to the Muslims, and against the enemy - affliction,

12. By your pardon, souls fell under your command, you dispelled their greatest fears,
You gave safety without punishment, released prisoners from their shackles,

13. And risked yourself, the best self, for them, making your wealth their protection,
Had any caliph before him ever achieved what he achieved for it?

14. He set out on the roads, tucking up his skirt, spurring on his horses,
A light shining ahead of them and between them,

15. His troops shortened their reins around him and minimized their pace,
Yet his reserve forces prolonged it,

16. Until the vanguard of his cavalry poured into the enemy its calamity,
He protected the lands of the Muslims, making lawful their lands and mountains,

17. The onslaughts of his horses and his warriors left nothing of them but their icons and families,
Can you obscure its stars with your palms, or veil its crescent moon?

18. Or deny a saying from your Lord which Gabriel delivered to the Prophet who spoke it?
The last verse of the spoils bore witness to his inheritance - yet you sought to nullify it!

19. So leave the lions to their feasting in their dens - do not let their cubs taste your blood!
The Caliph healed my eyes and adorned them with his blessed hand, I was envied for its gifts,

20. Until it was said I walked arrogantly, exuding the self-importance of the overindulged,
But you followed the path of those who obeyed and those who disobeyed,

21. Walking in the footsteps the Prophet exemplified.