1. Take from his tale its sorrows and its woes
A thread of stories spun by tearful eyes

2. If not for his cheek's betrayal with its tears
His watcher's doubt would not give way to certainty

3. And his heart's hardness makes me lose hope
While its tenderness gives rise to wishful thinking

4. I hold close and revere his alluring guide
For his beauty, dignity, and composure

5. His companion cried, “Beware the vigorous steed
And the branches of his fiery, prancing stride”

6. For his eyelids spread the snares that capture hearts
And Harut endowed him with the charms that entrance souls

7. “O, smile that outshines the radiant pearl
From whose gifts the pearl necklaces shy in bashfulness”

8. When you describe his hair in the dusk’s darkness
The dawn breaks forth with its mouth and brow

9. And I asked his rosy cheek, “What musk
Scents your charm with the letters lam and noon?”

10. The water of life still waters his cheek
Until I pluck roses from his narcissi

11. What's held in his right hand on his cheek
Flows in the cheek held by his right hand

12. Spring was blessed, as though the morning breeze
Kneaded his scented temple with clay of ambergris

13. His blossoms opened and scattered away
As if the peacock flashed its colors anew

14. And the river's brow shone with the sheen of his shadow
Though the wind had rumpled it over its rapids

15. And the birds sing in languages diverse
"May God establish Musa in his empowerment."