أَبَتْ جَمْرَةٌ مِنْ شَوْقِ حَمْزَةَ تَفْتُرُ

أَمَا فِي اللِّقَا مِنْ خَمْرَةٍٍ مِنْهُ تُنْشَرُ

The embers of Hamzah's love will not cool in my heart

An ember of Hamza's yearning refuses to cool,

Will his wine not grant me the joy of union?

Is there not in our meeting an intoxicating wine diffused from him?

أُحَمِّلُ أَنْفَاسَ الدَّبُورِِ تَحِيَّةً

تُلَطِّفُهَا كاَلمِِْسْكِ بَلْ هِيَ أَعْطَرُ

I send the returning caravans greetings scented

I entrust the breaths of the west wind with a greeting,

with musk - nay, more fragrant than musk -

That softens it like musk—nay, it is even more fragrant,

لِخِلِّي ابْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ مَنْ بِكَمَالِهِ

وَأَوْصَافِهِ بُرْدُ الْمَعَالِي مُحَبَّرُ

For my friend the son of Abdullah, whose perfection

For my close friend Ibn 'Abd Allah, he whose perfection

and noble traits humble the heights

And noble traits beautifully adorn the cloak of eminence.

وَأَقْوَالُهُ دُرٌّ لَدَيْنَا مُنَظَّمٌ

وَأَخْلاَقُهُ مِسْكٌ أَحَمُّ وَعَنْبَرُ

Whose words are to me strung pearls, well-ordered

His words are perfectly strung pearls unto us,

And whose nature is musk, heated, ambergris

And his character is dark musk and ambergris.