1. The army of glory is accompanied by victory
Thus the eyes and the knights have told us

2. So go, if beauty appears radiant to you
For your tears, if the rain were to ask for them

3. And call the gazelle of the sand dunes if it turns away heedlessly
O delight of the eye, if not for tears and vigilance

4. I confide to you some of the agony of passion
For me, part of its easiness is extremely difficult

5. It is easy for the youth to fall, but his deliverance
Is hard to attain, its journey arduous

6. Until, when the one carrying it does not succeed through patience
He seeks solace, though fate may not bless

7. If he misses it, he dies of anguish, and if
His hands attain it, its traces remain with him

8. Though I discourage people from burdening themselves
I have in passion an affair that has knowledge of it

9. I look at the cheeks in their adornment anxious
I blame them, then become shy and apologize

10. O would that there was a place for beauty not worn down
By its customs, watered by the shadows and moonlight

11. Beauty is pleasing until hidden dangers are uncovered
In its features, though if it knew of them, it would be wary

12. It has led him to the unrealities of wishes, images
Of its beauty which when adorned with its love are secure

13. The eye is not to blame, but rather the heart created
Only to realize what sight shows it

14. So the stature, the neck, the blushed cheek, the
Sides of the mouth, the lips, the eyelids, the eyes

15. Are stages, none of which a passion has moved through
Without pausing in its love and reflection

16. And every heart has fallen in love with it
Yearning, and every tear for its love flows

17. Since his face disappeared from me I have thought in my vigil
Where al-Kara is, since the sun disappears it is expected

18. Sahlu al-Arīkah is like the full moon in lifetime
So neither old age nor senility has afflicted it

19. If not for the prohibition and the suspecting gazes of critics
The visitation of love would be unceasing for me

20. Glory lies not in black eyes, nor does
Wine lift the veil of prohibition from the face

21. O cupbearer, cease it, for without the beloved's
Cheek, the soul and thoughts are revealed

22. And O roe deer of the sanctuary, neither mirage
Nor an echo from the neighbor charms me

23. O branches of the sand dunes, he is not
The shade of shade, nor the sweetness of fruit

24. And O land of the sanctuary, come closer or farther
If your rain cloud wills, or does not spill its rain

25. I have ambition for the heights, no length of life is long
If my arm falls short of attaining it

26. I have no horses or camels harboring
What white and brown steeds harbor of determination

27. They said: Youthfulness will deter him from his claim
You spoke truthfully, but it will not deter me

28. For he in whom determination has always been greatness
Is not harmed if his age be small

29. Through the Prince, may God perpetuate his glory, I have
Honor enabling me, through which I gain power

30. You are the son of nobility, but you were recognized thus disguise not
The turban however the moon may be unknown