1. The sultan has no authority unless he is seen
How good is the Bedouin life, like the running ostrich

2. And the desert dwellers have sweet water
Like undrinkable wine for the newcomer

3. And some verses remain for them, poetically
Like houses of hair amidst the deserted lands

4. And a king rises among the people, as though he is
A king who suppresses the refractory demon

5. The work of the hands is killing every opponent
With the sword that strikes with cold iron

6. They said a just imam will rule us
He will see our enemies with a piercing arrow

7. And the land is the abode of wickedness and grudges
It has never allowed the joy of a wide day

8. If only it had a surveyor like the buyer
Who gives prosperity, and a scribe like Mercury