Model Four: Ahmed Mohamed Al-Hassan Al-Hamdani Sayyid Hassan Welcome, Sayyid Al-Hulooq ✦✦✦ Ah, since when did you arrive, Radi? Tonight is Friday and there's no market. You came, I thought, on Thursday, and I said my past night was over. By God, I'm not from the good, I wait and hope to be honored and yearn. ✦✦✦ I saw Al-Hulooq, the rows were lost, and the fingers appeared, supporting the sunrise. Oh, you, the sweetest person, teach us, we are eager for you. By God, say God's name generally, so that an eye that hinders does not strike. ✦✦✦ The tanbur rings and the hand is strong, my heart, you never rest. Oh people, God's name has come, and when will God's name hinder? And I swore the night they stole the reason, when he lowered his steps gently. ✦✦✦ As for the chamomile, eat and be well, but he is thirsty and not full. As for the conscience, where do we fly? The journey has added a collar to his misery. As for the excitement, it's new sugar, if we die, I don't think we'll taste it. ✦✦✦ His longing is two braids, left and right, he who told me always doesn't fail. Say the prayer and don't bewitch, and leave him if he wants to steal. Leave him, he's gone a little, and he'll come back, O creatures. ✦✦✦ - 121 -Rejoice with a different joy, and I couldn't be a describer. I was between two matters and afraid, my beloved soul, my greetings. ✦✦✦ Rejoice, I am from his greatness, O He who gave you beauty like the sun. I came to you in words I composed, and Sami is from the torments of my speech. ✦✦✦ Sami, my friend, I love him and want relief through his newness. Sami, you seek the generosity of his hand, and may my sword be in the neighborhoods. ✦✦✦ Sami, God willing, will grow and surpass others in courage. May you be high and may you be great, and may you be a crown and Sami. ✦✦✦ Sami, I want your fame, wherever you go. You passed by the full moon, and your transcendence increased. ✦✦✦ May you always be famous, a cloud for the poor. Ascetic of the world and its blessings, Sami lives in names. ✦✦✦ To forget your rights and give you fully, and to have a wise, healing role. To the sick, may you bring recovery, and to the oppressed, you are a lawyer. ✦✦✦ - 120 -