1. جنانُ جناني مدحُ أحمد إنني

    كمنْ يجْتني باللّثم شهدَ مُجاج

    The gardens of my heart are praise of Ahmad; indeed I am

    like one who gathers honeyed saliva with kisses.

  2. جنايَ به عذبٌ لذيذٌ وإنه

    ليسقى بملح للدموع أُجاج

    My harvest through it is sweet and delicious, though it

    is watered with the bitter salt of tears.

  3. جناني مصدوعٌ بسقي التي عَلَتْ

    وصدع جنان الشيخ صدعُ زجاج

    My heart is cracked by the watering of the tears that have welled up,

    and an old man's heart cracks as glass cracks.

  4. جناحيَ مقصوصٌ فمالي قدرةٌ

    على قطع أرضٍ نحوه ولجاج

    My wing is clipped, so I have no strength

    to cross land and deep seas toward him.

  5. جنيت بتفريطي أوانِ شبيبتي

    ولجّج بي في التُرّهات لجاجي

    I did wrong through my negligence in the days of my youth,

    and my obstinacy plunged me into foolish pursuits.

  6. جنحتُ إلى الدنيا ولم أدر أنها

    تزجُ بخرصانِ لها وزجاج

    I inclined toward the world, not knowing that it

    thrusts with its spears and their butt-spikes.

  7. جنابُ رسول الله أحمى لصارخ

    إذا طلعتْ لي من فروج عجاج

    The sanctuary of God's Messenger is safest for one crying for help,

    when, from gaps in the dust-clouds, there appear before me

  8. جنائبُها الأحداثُ يومَ نزالها

    فكمْ من جراحٍ في الورى وشجاج

    its led steeds—the calamities—on the day of its battle.

    And how many wounds and head-gashes there are among humankind!

  9. جنائزُهم في كلِّ يومٍ كثيرةٌ

    تفاجئهم من أظهرٍ وفجاج

    Their funeral biers are many every day;

    they take them unawares from ridges and mountain passes.

  10. جُنودي فيها دمعُ عين قريحة

    عقدت لها أهدابها بحجاج

    My troops in it are tears from a wounded eye;

    for them I have fastened its lashes at the eye-socket.