1. They suppose that my imprisonment prevents his visitation,
Yet why should his imagination be hindered?

2. Indeed my eyes have not slept, so his specter appears,
My lack of sleep caused by his disappearance.

3. The devotion of one who did not forget him in distress,
And the name of one who was in a similar state forgot him.

4. My prison became a piece of his walls,
And the long separation became a piece of his boredom.

5. My eyes saw no envious rivals toward him
Except my heart and the soles of his slippers.

6. I fold him carefully but
The wound fears assassination when it closes.

7. No, by my slender, delicate branch, I nickname him
about his composure and balance.

8. Nor by my full mooned Badr except that he
would sacrifice himself when equaling his perfection.

9. How excellent is the light of frowning cheeks!
And more excellent when smiling in their shadows!

10. For if his beloved's mouth surpasses it, then
I make believable the existence of its likeness.

11. The eloquence of this poetry is only because of his breath
Which he blew in my mouth before his farewell.

12. I spoke an enchantment after which any other
Of this magic whose lawfulness is not disputed.

13. Like this, the son of Sireen from Joseph's breath
Spoke similarly in the dream's interpretation.

14. Behold, turn your glance completely to his cheeks
And leave his glance actively casting arrows.

15. You see in them two letter noons, one inactive
And the other dotted with the mole of his cheek.

16. And of what makes the composition of the cheek pleasant is that it
And its pallor are in the composition of its impermanence.

17. And that they are like constellations to its full moon
When it rises, its imminent departure cannot be trusted.

18. And this caesura is only in the ministry, it is
An prison-like pause surrounded by his detention.

19. Are you surprised that the eminent Ahmed is a youth
When his virtue was apparent before his maturity?

20. He was raised virtuous in his youth,
So he was enlightened from the time of his arrival to the time of his departure.

21. I saw that I was perplexed in thinking of his matter,
Though my mind was immersed in its celebration.

22. If he contained the highest ranks in his youth,
Then what remains for when his perfection is completed?

23. Indeed, when the goals of the generous are reached,
His excellence remains during his possession.

24. They saw his merit and approved him, and held back
Naturally, according to their measures, because of his traits.

25. So they kept for him, in merit, an abundance of their gratitude,
And he kept for them, in pride, a paucity of his wealth.

26. A mind as sweet as water from the rhyming of his mind
With another’s mind, so it is sweetly limpid.

27. With courtesy like air or passion
Flowing mischievously in its course.

28. If camphor could prevent its heat,
I would boast of the musk's pride when it is carried.

29. All of these metaphors are only straining
Toward him, though his merit is in enduring them.

30. O my master, your servant called on you as a resource,
Relying on you, with no other occurring in his thoughts.

31. Can a person seek help out of the pit of his abyss
Except with his strongest rope?

32. You are people whose overflowing merit floods the land,
So why am I constantly stumbling in my lethargy?

33. When Sa’d and his son became his protection,
What is the excuse for releasing him from his fetter?

34. Did you see anyone intercede for him but you
While you are distant and he is in dire straits?