1. The morning smiles when it dawns
And the vines speak when they bud

2. Worship in the kingdom of beauty
The Majesty of the Greatest King

3. For beauty when protected is worshipped
In it its Creator is worshipped and honored

4. And if one day it gives generously when asked
What it promised or bestowed honorably

5. Then face the world with its adornments
But do not associate else you’ll regret

6. And inspire from it and draw inspiration
For how much it inspired and exhorted

7. And when the cup senses, bow down
To it and with the other proceed

8. And if it gives you more, add to it and prostrate
And come near for he who did not live did not

9. And send your prayers when it sparkles
For God has already prayed and greeted

10. Not the lute, nor the qithara, nor
The flute when it sings with a quaver

11. So listen to the tones of wonders
And the Musili when he hums

12. And drink to the clapping of your heart
O brother of passions and gain

13. And if his voice falters
And the tongue stumbles and the blood mumbles

14. Say “God is great” and exalt His name
For God’s favor and greatness

15. And shed the tears of passion perhaps
It will cry for you, O myriad of the living enamored

16. Or perhaps it will lament a loss
Having become aware of your state

17. And perhaps the date palm’s daughter draws near
To his distant heart, so it may have mercy

18. And the Magnificent one will then give generously
With his beauty, his cheek and mouth

19. So you spend the night embracing the wishes
Intoxicated between the touching and pressing

20. Sipping from his mouth’s nobility
Healing, as the saliva is a balm

21. And a tavern maid whom no worries can permeate her heart
Nor sorrows while she ministers

22. A gazelle controlling me yet I cannot blame
The gazelle when it takes control

23. So how he sought refuge and sanctuary in Him
When the predator pounced, fierce

24. By his hips I swear and how much
With hips the well-rounded swore

25. If present Amr or Amro
Witnessed the blow of his eyelids, he would refrain

26. Or if the eye of Ibn Adham saw
His beauty, the eye of Ibn Adham would swoon

27. Or if he unveiled his net
When we saw the turbaned one

28. I complain of his slender waist
Grumbling while the waist is darker

29. Where is the straightness of one who did
That deed, what a twisted, curved one

30. And how much I took cover in his glance
From his hips, and the glance is more concealing

31. To God what it brought and what
It prayed and what it reconciled and healed

32. Where are the generous and the noble
On whom God bestowed bounty

33. Where is the smiling one when smiles
And the pearls when threaded

34. The epitome of virtue and chastity, where then
Is Joseph, where is Mary

35. I do not say he is the crescent
As is said when it is veiled

36. Or when it is unveiled, it appeared
Sister of Joshua so he is greatest

37. Venus bowed when he
Rose and fell when crowned

38. My Master the obsession threw me
After it bloodied and tore me apart

39. And it dropped my devil of despair
And my divine inspiration frowned

40. And the steed of fortune stumbled with me
And my sword of might chipped

41. God is in me, so my cup
Filled with your love is bitter

42. God in my miserable heart
So its bloody wound festered

43. And I concealed your love perforce
Though concealed love kills when hidden

44. How is the way to complain
When all in the village blamed

45. God is greatest, how can a poet
Like me prostrate in Hell

46. Wandering blind in your love
Deaf not listening, muted

47. Spending nights confused
Full of regret as people sleep

48. Gloomy in his day
Restless when night descends

49. In his heart gathered
Temporary pleasure and shattered hopes

50. So come bid him farewell
And live with delighted eyes and be safe