1. A veiled one passed by, inspiring awe and modesty
Alas! The full moon refuses to be veiled

2. And the dawn gleams through the darkness of night, unveiled
The jewels of maidens are about to be plundered

3. And the dawn writes in the page of its horizon
A thousand erased the light of the new crescent moon

4. A radiant white that outshines the moon with its brilliance
The lesser stars set as the forenoon approaches

5. I bid her farewell and gathered from parting
The sweet, yet bitter agony of goodbye

6. A reunion when separation was imminent
And the lamp glows brighter as it goes out

7. A memory stirs me to despair as
The elderly are disturbed by reminders of their youth

8. Repetition of news is seen as tedious, yet I see
Repeated news of my beloved as delightful

9. Sweet upon repetition, as though it were
The cooing of a dove, enchanting when reiterated

10. Like the only son of Jadd, his name being repeated
Came to be cherished through its recurrence

11. Shyakhān, revered from afar, always uncovered
Yet drawn near by intimacy, modestly veiled

12. In his essence, eloquence and wisdom
Lies what is in the stars, clouds and open terrain

13. He gave, and gave no less; granted, and knew no bounds
He marched on, unmatched; shook, and knew no equal

14. The men bound their waist sashes at the mention of him
And walked freely, enamored by his love

15. They met him as a beloved, though his power was supreme
And though his eminence and good tidings were concealed

16. Like a spear with two blades, wherever you turned it
You found it protected by both its edges

17. Deft like a sword yet gentle like time
In ease and hardship it flows

18. Wisdom told of satisfaction, yet beneath it
Lies a valor that calms and rages like seas

19. His might lies dormant under tranquility
Like embers, silently aflame

20. Ordeals would come to consult his intelligence
No matter how much the wise were tested

21. His roots thrived and his branches bore fruit
And so he embodied glory, assigned or entitled

22. Like a garden, alluring to behold and a rain cloud
In character, gentle rains or torrential showers

23. Delicate as dew, dignified as a mountain
A sea yet also a towering peak, in love or hatred

24. The heights glimpsed him in wonder, then burst out
In smiles like flowers budding into bloom

25. Alas! Abu Amr, your attributes have become
Honors suffice even for the prestigious

26. You adorned Hims with eulogies in Al-Baqi‘
And protected it from harm in Aryn, fortified

27. You perfected them until the night became a brilliant morn
And the frigid land became a verdant garden

28. You inspired such excellence that the sea is now called a stream
And made the sun but a planet in comparison

29. And wretched the people who, contrary to their name
Strive against your ascendance but have yet to prevail

30. For he saw your sword a shining flash of light
And in you, its sheath a buried lightning bolt

31. You clothed the tyrant in the red collar of death
And clothed us in the green security of prosperity

32. You made but his reprimand the speech
Of scabbarded swords, admonishing

33. If the hardened necks are harsh when they blame
None can deter them but the gentle gazelles

34. You subdued our tyrant, broke our resistance
And guided our ignorant to the best path

35. Like a star that burned a demon and watered the land
With its falling rain and illuminated its darkness

36. As though your door is the Ka‘ba, erasing
The sins of those who approached it in penance

37. The masses flocked to him until they became
Like one man peering for the new crescent

38. If only my words could match my admiration
You would see my condition as most eloquent Arabic verse

39. Your praise is enough to attain every request
For through you, I elevate poetry above lies

40. So to you, from my eulogies, is the most splendid ornament
That with which I adorned you, most graceful jewelry

41. Had it not been for marvelous deeds from you that set
My eulogizer would not have woven such finery

42. What excuse has a land fertilized with ambergris
To not be perfumed by the north wind or the zephyrs

43. Your being has transcended external honor just as
The Arabian horses transcended the horseshoes

44. So rise to the horizon of pride like the sun of leadership
While the East envies the magnificence of your West