1. My passion for my first beloved
Whether I blame him less or more

2. And if deafness of lovers has struck me
Then to blamers I'm blinded evermore

3. My heart is empty, not my hearing
For I'm the one who's sick, the one who's raw

4. I've no connection with them at all
But his cheek is so fair, his neck like coral

5. From his cheeks, the full moon rises
On his branch, fruit of paradise

6. I hide this love, he shows his beauty
So I'm hidden, and he's plain to see

7. And my heart complains of him to his glance
Like a wounded man complains of the lancet

8. Had I acted against what people do
I'd have cast myself to his arrow, to my death I flew

9. I don't fear any roaring lion's command
But I'm dying from the gaze of a fawn's black eyes, that's my end

10. When I recall his pleasure, I shine
With a necklace cold, made of chains that entwine

11. When he's icy, I turn blue, it's true
For I clutch my liver, and huddle into its fold

12. His face's radiance never ceases to glow
So my sea of sorrow knows no ebb, no flow

13. After him, my heart is a vessel of woe
Filled up, never empty, always heavy with sorrow

14. Nothing consoles my heart in its grief
Except attaining the most virtuous king's relief

15. My lasting passion will not pass
Unless by his greatest favor, his largesse

16. In battle, his generosity and might both excel
So each is titled the greatest and best parallel

17. Ali rose high above the horizon
To see the stars down below in their prison

18. For him no lodging suffices but war
A dwelling of valor among dwellings of honor

19. As a child he took charge as his merit enables
Maturing while his years were still juvenile

20. When he rose up, religion rose in his care
And when he turned, unbelief despaired

21. With his fortune, conquest came about
In his youth, glory he brought out

22. In their lairs, lions submitting to him bowed
So they flirted with cubs, terror allowed

23. As a protector, he protected with might
Pleasing his friend and confounding his enemy's plight

24. Sacrificing himself for God on the day of hardship
And winning victory in the hold of his battle grip

25. Standing firm in his armor at the war font
With his right hand and sword swirling in battle current

26. When the moon of religion joined his fortune
None could equal it shining, so perfectly certain

27. If he aims, one day, for a place of war
Ask no questions, seek no more

28. His knights become lions in the fray
And return like frightened sheep gone astray

29. Fear changes their limbs around
Their hands become their feet on the battle ground

30. O highest of kings enthroned
O greatest of kings, prudence you've shown

31. Egypt cried blood in longing for you
And yearned for your most judicious rule

32. It calls you from much tyranny and corruption
And prays you save it from its sufferings

33. So many favors you have on its people
It named you the greatest one, the most noble

34. I've come from it as messenger to you
So allow my return to bring its wish true

35. You're its conqueror, what a great one!
And what conqueror but you, O Ali?