1. O Prince of the Faithful, you are our only hope
We put our hopes in you, for despair has gone on too long

2. Our rulers want only corruption
With privileges for each of their cronies

3. Some governors disgrace their people by immoral acts
While others practice sodomy

4. We found an Arab of ancient times
Who in the end was overtaken by fate

5. A brother of Dubar who dies in it
With no shroud prepared nor perfumes

6. And a heretic who can barely walk
Yet the officers fawn over him

7. His hands are tight-fisted with good deeds
Yet his domains span the wide oceans

8. His beard has grayed from stupidity and old age
Marked by disgrace and downfall

9. By God, his poetry exposes
The vileness of his governance for all to see

10. His emirates rule over us
With the unjust authority of an oppressor

11. In heat, lusting after studs
Mounted daily by the grooms

12. The breeders excite them
As the burning brands light up their desire

13. They have taken over our affairs, words and deeds
Saying and doing as they please while the oppressed are mute

14. So woe to the parched wilderness and its makers
When their ruinous schemes are laid bare