1. From the throne of Syria to Athens
Surely the thrones of kings have become disgraced

2. Will Pisanello reach the Bedouin tribes one day
And Pisanello in Greece another day

3. Each has an august destiny and critical times
Whose echo rings out in the world with a tune

4. From a king who is obeyed to a wretch
Whom people deride with scorn

5. Who traverses the earth seeking among its people
The closest of kin and asking for help

6. If Pisanello descends upon Egypt
You have known him among those who descend

7. And you did not fail to know his place when
He dispatched his armies in the kingdoms as conquerors

8. They destroyed a people in the villages of Izmir
And vanquished others in Adrianople

9. You raid the countries and seize them
And plunder the fortresses and citadels

10. Battalions that left no mention for the Turks
In Pharsalus or the two Meloun mountains

11. Who can forget the glorious conquests
Of Balearics, for we have not forgotten

12. You restore through them the vigor of the young kingdom
And prevent it from being disgraced and diminished

13. And protect from your lands what the hands
Of usurpers have ransacked with the sword

14. And deposits in the Ottoman people have settled
In the hands of the valiant, a faithful protector

15. You have reached the goal and sought glory
That surpasses the reach of all Caesars combined

16. You have not seen anything but the kingdom of the stars
And when you aspire, you have not been flexible from it

17. You reckon its attainment a false hope
While you alone covet that it becomes

18. I refused and you refused, so my wrath assaulted you
And your fleeing was the clear victory

19. The invading army did not remain after
Their souls disliked death

20. The wise see the most resolute of people
On the morrow of war are mostly insane

21. There is no wisdom on earth but
Its superiority belongs to your people over all worlds

22. So leave what the scholars have innovated and return
To the knowledge of the early trusted ones

23. And do not believe the politics of an era
That counts the politics of ignoramuses as religion

24. The testimony of the corrupter of events is harmful
He sees reform as the habit of corrupters

25. They are adulterated poison, assumed to be honey
And its true nature is exposed by the deaths of those who drink it

26. Have you not seen what has become of the peoples
Tossed by the palms of players

27. When they are spun around, they came and went
Wretched souls made to dance

28. If there is peace they remain as goods
And if there is chaos they are gone like flour

29. When a young man sees a wounded people
He feels for it a buried people

30. The crime of a group overcame them
Souls of tyrants who do not shepherd

31. They filled the places of death with wailing
And increased the abodes of the wounded with moaning

32. They ruled the earth, so they became tyrannical in it
And brought about events and affairs

33. As if God is not capable
Of guiding the resolves of the arrogant

34. To Him belong the signs that crack every doubt
And storm against delusions with certainty

35. I have seen those blind in perception among the people destroyed
And nothing is like hearts when they are blind

36. Whoever claims catastrophes are unforeseen events
Has wronged claims and conjectures

37. The realities of events come
To make those who are ignorant of the certain truth weep

38. Ask the life about those who passed and look
At perished states, did any remain?

39. And say to the narration of generations, what
Have the writers comprehended about the generous ones?

40. The events of time have folded them in it
So they are pages in the hands of readers

41. Likewise, after a while, we will become
Pages of lessons for those who come after

42. We were miserable in life, and which people
Are content with the life of Muslims?

43. That we fall into hardships among the peoples
And go in the lands scattered

44. We seek refuge in the Resurrected of the dead and hope
For His favors, the hope of the workers

45. No ignorant nation can succeed
Deceived by the wishes of the incapable

46. Remaining in the abode of disgrace, discarded
Conversing with birds or counting years

47. Terrified by flies, so if he wishes
He shoots at ghosts and steals the nest

48. The land flowed from his mouth as armies
And the sea surged in his hand as ships

49. Your mercy, our Lord! We have certainly wronged
Ourselves, so save us from what we have encountered