1. Abu Hasan you have troubled my serenity
And treated me harshly instead of companionship

2. You made clear to me the path of disobedience, yet
My pride and loyalty forbid it to me

3. I praised you not seeking reward, but
For the sanctity of love and brotherhood between us

4. And if it were not Allah I hoped for in need
I would have struck the face of my hopes with the palm of despair

5. So I called out among all people and you showed me
In the image of a beggar poet

6. A reward that came unwillingly without my will
So it lowered my banners and deemed my opinion foolish

7. After raising the banner of praise I lowered it
And the pearls of reproach broke the necklace of my loyalty

8. And my determination in you weakened after its vigor
So the rein of my praise became slack

9. And I would not refuse the single coin if it came
To my home in secrecy and concealment

10. And no insignificant one has conversed between us
Nobler than the delights of my spirit