1. لي قلب غير صاح

    من هوى البيض الصباح

    I have a heart that is not sober

    from love of fair, radiant women;

  2. وجفون مذ تجافا

    ها الكرى ذات نفساح

    And eyelids that, ever since sleep shunned

    them, have remained wide open,

  3. صبة بالشادن الأغ

    يد والخود الرداح

    Yearning for the graceful fawn

    and the full-hipped maiden.

  4. بأبي من زار واللي

    ل غدا فيَّ اجناح

    May my father ransom the one who visited, while the

    night had become the shadow of wings;

  5. وثريا الجَوفي خص

    ر الدياجي كالوشاح

    And the Pleiades in the sky, around the waist

    of the night's darkness, were like a sash.

  6. فانجلى من وجهه المش

    رق وهناً بصباح

    Then the darkness cleared before his radiant face,

    with dawn in the midst of night;

  7. حيث لا أرهب واش

    لا ولا أحذر لاحي

    Where I fear no talebearer,

    no, nor am I wary of a reproacher,

  8. لاثما من خده الور

    د ومن فيه الأقاحي

    Kissing the roses of his cheek

    and the daisies of his mouth,

  9. مازجا منه رضابا

    يسكر الراح براح

    Mixing his saliva,

    which makes wine drunk, with wine;

  10. في مروج روضها الأخ

    ضر مطلول النواحي

    In meadows whose green garden

    has dew-moistened borders.

  11. ماؤه يرعد في الغد

    ران من خوف الرياح

    Its water shivers in the

    pools, for fear of the winds;

  12. يطرب الأغصان فيها

    نغم العجم الفصاح

    There, the boughs are delighted

    by the songs of speechless yet eloquent birds.

  13. للذي يغنم من أق

    داحها فوز القداحِ

    For him who gains from their goblets

    comes the prize of the gaming arrows—

  14. فوز قدحي من أبي الفض

    ل المرجى بامتداحي

    Like my own arrow's prize from Abu al-Fadl,

    hoped for through my praise.

  15. بَشَر بشَّر عافيه

    بادراك النجاحِ

    A man who gave his petitioner glad tidings

    of attaining success,

  16. ساد اهل الأرض بالسو

    دد والمجد الصراحِ

    He surpassed earth's people in lordship

    and unalloyed glory;

  17. ويد ذات إنصباب

    بالأيادي وانسحاحِ

    And a hand that pours down

    benefactions in a lavish flow,

  18. سحها بالجود أغنا

    ني عن الأيدي الشحاحِ

    Its downpour of generosity has enriched

    me, freeing me from miserly hands.

  19. منعم راح إلى البذ

    ل شديد الإرتياحِ

    A benefactor who set out to give

    with intense delight;

  20. صفحه يغمد ما جر

    رد من بيض الصفاحِ

    His clemency sheathes whatever is drawn

    of the gleaming sword-blades.

  21. غيث سلم طود حلم

    ليث حرب وكفا

    Rain in peace, a mountain of forbearance,

    a lion in war and combat;

  22. أعزل لكن من الرأ

    ى يرى شاكي السلاحِ

    Unarmed, yet through his judgment

    he is seen fully armed.

  23. ومثنّى نائل الكف

    ف فريد في السماح

    And his palm's bounty is doubled,

    yet he is unique in generosity.

  24. عنده يحمد مسعى

    سيره منضي الطلاح

    In his presence, the traveler praises the effort

    of his journey, though he wears out weary mounts.

  25. ما على مطريك مجد الد

    دين مدحا من جناح

    There is no blame upon your eulogist, Majd al-Din,

    for offering praise.

  26. أنت إحيا من نرى وج

    ها وأندى بطن راح

    You are the most modest in countenance of all we see,

    and the most bountiful in the hollow of the palm.

  27. أنت من مذ وصلت كفاه

    الجود جناحي

    You are the one—since your two hands joined

    generosity to my wings,

  28. ما أبالي من من الخل

    ق زماني باطراح

    I do not care who among humankind

    has cast me aside.

  29. إن من أصبح يرجو

    ك جدير بالفلاح

    Indeed, whoever comes to hope in

    you is worthy of success.

  30. عشت ذا عرض مصون

    في حمى مال مباح

    May you live with honor protected

    in the sanctuary of wealth freely shared;

  31. ولقيت السعد يترى

    في غدو ورواح

    And may you meet good fortune in succession,

    morning and evening.

  32. فلقد أعطيك ما فو

    ق مرادي واقتراحي

    For indeed I give you what is above

    my desire and my request.