1. His brow spurned the dominion of your glance,
And it amazes the admiring that such affairs could be.
١. تَرَفَّعَ عَنْ سُلْطَانِ لَحْظِكَ حَاجِبُهْ
وَمِنْ مِثْلِ هذَا الأَمْرِ يَعْجَبُ عَاجِبُهْ
2. Yet he stands erect over his head
Receiving from the station of kingship what is due.
٢. وَمَا هُوَ إلاَّ قَائِمٌ فَوْقَ رَأَسِه
يُوَفَّى لَهُ مِنْ مَنْصِبِ الْمُلْكِ وَاجِبُهْ