1. How your youth has passed praiseworthily,
Leave empty talk if you want barriers.

2. And she captivated you at first sight,
And whatever leads to her talk is game.

3. Days when poetry sprouts in a session
That heals your affliction or you spend sleepless.

4. You hunt from the cattle of a companion and choose
A cup of wine by them stagnant.

5. And indeed I have drunk their goodwill with amiability
And their youthful spirit with coolness.

6. From every youthful woman it is as if she is
An idol of non-Arabs not worshipped.

7. She brings down the veil on glowing beauty
Like the full moon swarming with braids and necklaces.

8. And it is as if she looked with two languishing eyes
Bewildered he saw a languishing one expelled.

9. And onlookers doubt when she walks
Does she slip or walk to them in perseverance.

10. She leaned on the litter poles so she bent
Like a tender, gentle willow.

11. And it is as if she drank the wine of Babylon
Having mixed it with pure wine.

12. Temptations inclined to the youth
And for whoever hunted her she would be prey.

13. Her hips swayed stirring up her cloak
Billowing and her sash restless.

14. And on the couches her adornment made it seem as if it
Was fangs attracting a resting place to bite.

15. And when her face appeared you are amazed by it
For you are excellent in necklaces indeed.

16. And enough the disturbance of necklaces for it is
A throat adorned with unmatched pearls.

17. And if they turn away I have spent a pleasant time
And sang a lifetime gentle warbling.

18. And companions of the daughters of a burning
Houries, gentle faced and smooth skinned.

19. They sent gently to me come to us
The guardian is absent so do not fear the threat.

20. So I came to them the peddler leading me
Agitated - and how excellent a guide and guided!

21. When we met they said speak for a year has passed
We hope to see you sitting.

22. Speak for the guards have slept would that they
Stay sleeping till resurrection sluggish.

23. I said propose from love so they asked me
For a witty and poetic snippet of talk

24. Until when the dawn separated us
And I saw the cheeks of morning blushing.

25. Tears flowed and they said you are hardhearted
To us and we dislike seeing you stoic.

26. So now when you are awake if I see
You sullen then their love will renew.

27. Do not disobey one of wisdom and prosperity of counsel
And of fortune is that you be rightly-guided.

28. Entertain your friend regardless of his mood
And if asked then do not be unresponsive.

29. And a man who protects belongings and seeks
What is in your hands when he sees you beneficial.

30. I escorted him to demean some of his goods
One day and to honor himself so he prevailed.

31. So he came near glowing then his face darkened
He knew loyalty so it increased his chill.

32. Inform the horsemen of Bani Husain that I
Entrusted them with my praise and was affectionate.

33. I loaded their ships with my Phoenician poems
Yearned for by reciters as songs.

34. And when I mention Bani Qutaiba I become
My soul disputing with me composing anew.

35. The repellers of harm with their seriousness
And benefactors paternal and generous.

36. A people having the bounty of brotherhood and honor
With which they make injustice unable to hunt.

37. Their hearts refuse humiliation and lowliness
And their palms refused the seas frozen.

38. Clever regarding good deed even if they don’t notice
Evil which a friend notices repeating.

39. And you see upon them brilliance and awe
Nobility, and if they possess you feel assured of threat.

40. Cooperative upon praise and softness
Not considering wealth lasting eternity.

41. And it is as if they are in the throat of every feared thing
A lion who made for it feasts a celebration.

42. They spend the morn in luxury and sometimes
In musk the skins in the morning are skins.

43. Adorned with fancy clothes they surpassed
The stayers behind in Iraq sitting.

44. And a predecessor built a kingdom prolonging its pillars
An ancestor who sees with guidance trenches.

45. Ghayaan whose hearing and conscience were calmed
By the impact of iron - it splits iron.

46. The crashes of turmoil split above his head
Two lightning bolts who handle matters alone.

47. How many infidels wearing crowns he made
Killed by God and he was a devotee.

48. He led the armies from Basra to enemies
Until they landed at the coast of a land.

49. Horses outfitted and horses armored
Who do not resist with the fiery when prodded.

50. They brought down Ghazak from his power’s stronghold
A back and his raiding was renewable.

51. And they spent the women of Nayzak leaving him
As booty and the people of Al-Ashlah harvested.

52. And they carried their lord the glorious as a gift
In chains writhing in prison.

53. And they prevented Khagan from resting so he turned
A calf whose reigns are suffering frequent prodding.

54. And they established the slain for the lances and spears
After security a watering place gushing.

55. Those are virtues no place for an apologist
Flashed for him so the beloved veered gloriously.

56. And Abu Qutaiba is his equivalent in ordeals
Giving generously and killing the formidable.

57. A king whose place is the annoyance of enemies
Giving generously and killing the formidable.

58. Severed heads are gifted to him when he raids
And when he goes out raiding to give.

59. And indeed I say to caravans I have seen them
Divide poetry at the rear of battle gear.

60. How is the prince for a choosy visitor
Who abandoned relatives and strangers stranger.

61. Affectionate, joking, and constantly gathering
Seeking a slave girl who wants cash.

62. Her companions and his family refuse
Except with burden so they tasked him.