1. The doctors prescribing medicine fear
The symptoms of an illness that afflicts her

2. And my illness is lovesickness, with the cure being to see her
Am I, for myself, her physician?

3. And piles of carpets in the evening are a comfort
To us when her lover came to her after tranquility

4. It erased all favors from the house after us
Chambers filled with the spirit of youth and its excesses

5. And something came to her from the north as a gift
From the soil, from the most pristine and strange passion

6. And I was certain that if my steed met Bilal
It would suffice me, even if its people failed it

7. It hastened with my belongings, frightened and wary
From the world below, her lover came to you

8. Eyes cannot be guided to look upon her
Rather it is hearts that guide eyes to her

9. The path of religion was crooked for us
Then Bilal came, so its hills straightened

10. When they saw Bilal's sword, the demons
Of the people scattered, and their sins died

11. O Bilal, how many enemies did you humiliate
Such that an eye overlooks what vilifies it

12. I saw Bilal buying with his high moral character
Great virtues - the most desirable of them

13. And one day you will see his enemy had sufficed him
With a stab and blow when his treachery awoke

14. Bilal refused a rabble of ash'ariyyah
When panicked, their riding was swift

15. Swift to Bilal's hands when the youth called
From Yemen, their elders and young

16. No call invites Bilal to the towns
Or to the stab on a frightening day, but he answers it

17. Swift in his rising to here and there
If the coward's soul believes its lies

18. Just as his father used to be shy when
A desperate man called him, when its dog barked

19. He turns back toward the desperate man when called
With a dignified spirit, not fearing its threat

20. From the people, he seeks refuge when war flares
Against the strikes of brave men, their blows

21. We found for you a strong, pouring bucket
That holds the water of the thirsty, however much their sins