1. O leader of princes and ministers
O pride of literati and poets

2. O decoy of the brutal age, and seer of sincere generosity and peer of noblemen
Have you seen the resolve of a scorpion that crept on a foot by which it takes steps to the heights

3. When it climbed to the greatest ascent by its sting
The rank of the great was belittled by it

4. If you taste the harm of scorpions, let
The scorpions of the temples remain during prosperity

5. O goodness of the sting of a scorpion whose antidote
Is the saliva of the beloved with pure coffee