1. If you wish to make all matters permissible
Then be harsh and stern among the people

2. Do not listen to their gossip and talk
And do not be among them a weak man

3. For if the leader is just, then all things
Are just through him, nothing goes amiss

4. Be wise and patient in command
Do not show your enemies submission

5. Do not undertake matters until
You have thought through their outcomes in full

6. And ponder their beginnings, lest
You see their ends become dire tribulations

7. Do not be angry if you are thwarted one day
And do not be among them downcast

8. Heed the words of the group, lest they say
Our leader is frightened of horrors

9. Be content in patience, do not care
And bear burdens staunch and long

10. They obeyed the one who truly obeyed God
Their leader, the noble, obedient youth

11. The youth Saif bin Sultan bin Saif
Scion of the magnificent, sublime king