1. Say to passion "You have judged, so judge in my favor
Do not make separation's heat intense for me

2. Let not my rivals defeat me in your eyes
In the watcher's view or the tongues of the faultfinders

3. Pay heed to my injustice, for it has become clear
And listen, for I have an impartial witness with me

4. Shall I begrudge my soul that has honored
Meager affections that are miserly with union?

5. And the qualities of al-Mansur have cut off
The injustice of the unjust and the habit of stinginess

6. A king whose stance has protected religion
With the sword amid horses and infantry

7. And has protected God's creation, so they confessed
Compensation for homelands and families

8. And his pledge of knowledge has been fulfilled
Since the likes of him does not fail the likes of me