1. He disobeyed the coquettes when their coquetry intensified,
And kept worrying about one who doesn't worry about him,

2. And the night of a lover lengthened in his thinking,
Of one whose promised meeting now evades him,

3. He used to be kind and generous in uniting with him,
If one day he was miserly in connecting the love.

4. By God, those days of ours which have passed,
And time is heedlessly mocking us,

5. And time is heedlessly enjoying for us,
The life of youth, and its most enjoyable life is heedless,

6. Our cup is like the fragrant breeze of musk,
Stirred by a tender, sweet hand with its gestures,

7. The regretful were quenched with wine from his joys,
From the magic of a glance it adorned with its magic,

8. Like a willow branch, the boughs of gardens will waver tomorrow,
So too every sensible being who rivals it,

9. O Abu Al-Alaa, whose comfort is majestic,
None among the created can match his glory,

10. And one who has clouds of his comfort's rain,
Upon the land with dew, its rivers gush forth,

11. So O gift of God, O son of the most generous two, and who
With his description the proofs have risen high,

12. You are the one whose open hand covered,
All the people, and its attainment encompassed creation.