1. These are your lines in my palm, observed
Others said the line of another preceded
١. هذي خطوطك في كفي مشاهدةٌ
من خطِ غيركِ قالوا إِنه سبقا
2. So I said do not transgress and be moderate
For the foremost matter is abrogated by what came after
٢. فقلت لا تسرفوا في البغي واقتصدوا
فسابق الأمر منسوخُ بَما لحقا
3. I think through vast fame they became confident
Yet no human's fame compared to you has ever clung
٣. أَظنهم باتساع الجاه قد وثقوا
ولم يصف جاهُ إنسان بك اعتلقا
4. Your servant my son their ways constricted him
After they opposed him though he was trusted
٤. وعبدك ابني قَد ضاقت مذاهبه
منهم وقد عارضوه بعد ما وثقا