1. In your distress lies the anguish of the virtuous and honored
And in your lips lies the cure for knowledge and literary grace

2. My soul is ransom for Abi Zayd and his aspirations
From the toil of his endless journey full of fatigue

3. We yearn for the radiance of a sun after its absence
Until it rises obscured behind the clouds

4. Oh may God tend to him who tended to me and passed
A man with a venerable beard not yet turned white

5. I likened the hair on his chin
To a little owl that crows amidst the slopes

6. Dawn upon us tomorrow so we may see you, for we do not
Distinguish between truth and lies without you

7. As a companion to a beloved you know
O finest companion to the finest companion

8. God is in the heart of a passionate youth in love with you both
His life without you, by God, is not sweet

9. And if he finds solace in gray doves
It is from legions of worries utterly routed

10. In his weakness there is respite, and in his cups a spark
Can you not see in his cheeks the wine of flames?

11. And God is angry with those who vilify the one
Who pours for the frozen crystal and overflowing cup