1. The time was generous though not generous
In description, so it was my companion in purity

2. And it overflowed with complete blessings upon me
For which my mouth and my deepest core thank Allah

3. It magnified eloquent poetry, and perhaps
Praise falls short of fairness with the greatest

4. The best of which, in my view, is looking upon the son of Harazm
And enjoying his face in bliss

5. And delighting in his nature with beauties
And luxuriating in his making with a breeze

6. And learning from his intellect wisdoms
And cognizance, subtleties, and understandings

7. And finding strength in my humility to his beauty
And gaining nobility from his honored slipper

8. That one whom the treasuries of his secret carried
What if revealed, every reasonable one would doubt

9. And he to whom knowledges were granted, so he ascended
Among them to the highest of his hidden secret

10. And he whose radiant face was made
A mirror of felicity and cure for the sick

11. And he who gained pleasure from his Lord
And by gaining it, who he willed was not blamed

12. And he whom the Messenger permitted to be joined
And supported him from his presence with knowledges

13. And he in whom the secrets were deposited
And his station was specialized with comprehensiveness

14. And he, and he, and he, and he
Whose meaning is not conjectured

15. His gifts became great, for which
The aspirations of all people strove, every wholesome one

16. And his love expanded to their souls
So it is nourishment for travelers and residents

17. My master, how much I have prayed for my master
Until I knew you and my conjectures were clarified

18. And I learned that I was imagining in passion
And traveling behind me while misery was my companion

19. My refuge, your favor is sufficient as a refuge
And my expectation in the fires of my poisons

20. Are you the remover of my worries? For they have prevailed
And overwhelmed me, my suspicions and sorrows

21. Are you the one who has mercy on my misfortune, so you comfort me?
For the best of Allah's people are the most merciful

22. Are you the rescuer of one who has lost his way and found
No one to make happy, removing sorrows, a leader?

23. So have mercy on tears whose eyes have seen you
And you were generous with pearls, strung together

24. And breasts that have made you their core
That have been kindled and speak with wounds

25. And limbs that have rushed to you, led
By a tremendous lineage, not easily consumed

26. And intimate thoughts whose colors have worn out because
They found naught but painful passion for you

27. And an infatuated one who, were it not for remembrance, would not be
With the renewal of longing other than feeble

28. Do not cut off my hope which I have directed
To strive toward you, and you are the most generous

29. And I have taken you as a means amongst people
And my begging through your guidance is not unperceptive

30. And I have made my love with you a trust at your favor
And a covenant with your loftiness, not despised

31. And I have hoped from my Lord through your favor what I
Have come to possess its meaning, not devoid

32. My support, my destination, my master
My aider, my expectation, my intimate

33. You whom my Lord chose for His secret
And interwove from a favor upon you, all-encompassing

34. So for you is glory, for you are the sultan of all
And for me is glory, that you say "my servant"

35. And His Messenger made you inherit what
The people of Allah's secret have confessed about you

36. So the greeting of your Lord whenever the morning breeze stirs
Covers you in the fragrance of His sealed musk