1. O people on both sides of the ruler
The night-traveller has attacked the sleeping one

2. This one was generous so he became secure
The flashing of lightning like the flashing of a sharp sword

3. It made him weep and conceal his weeping so look
How far the weeper is from the concealer

4. Until when he was not able to obey
He punished him with perpetual wakefulness

5. And he slept, so it was wondrous that when awake
The onslaught of the sleeper was feared upon him

6. For the one whom the passions of love toss about, let him stand
With justice between the oppressed and the oppressor

7. As the nights and their tossings
For Ibn Abi al-Damim the Darimi

8. So let this one spare his family
For Abul Qasim has spared those

9. After he had undertaken to guide it
Until it was upright in the hand of the upright

10. And he came to delegate from his generosity
In it a harsh one, not a compassionate one

11. Hearing in it the word from a truthful one
Doubting and supposing about it, confused

12. The people do not ask for evidence, yet
The master of this injustice is not sinful

13. Say to the servants of God, seeking guidance
That the wise seizer is the wise one

14. For your generosity no easy ascent
Its building is hard on the demolisher

15. And if you see a sound side
You said to a side that is not sound