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Ask the representatives about their troubles and gatherings

سل النيابة عاناها وندوتها

1. Ask the representatives about their troubles and gatherings
A nation divided as the winds willed

١. سَلِ النيَابَةَ عَانَاهَا وَنَدْوَتُهَا
شَمْلٌ كَمَا شَاءَتِ الأَوَاءُ مُنْقَسِمُ

2. A group who did not know their own worth
Had they known fate's decree they would not have mocked

٢. جَمَاعَةٌ جَهِلُوا مِنْ قَدْرِ أَنْفُسِهِمْ
مَا كَانَ يَهْزَأُ بِالأَقْدَارِ لَوْ عَلِمُوا

3. He kept guiding them to the straight path
Until they became upright and their affair was in their hands

٣. ما زَالَ بِالطُّرُقِ المُثْلَى يُقَوِّمُهُمْ
حَتَّى اسْتَقَامُوا وَبَاتَ الأُمْرُ أَمْرَهُمُ

4. So loss befell those who opposed them in vain
And truth within them collided with those who collided with it

٤. فَبَاءَ بِالخسْرِ مَنْ بِالبُطْلِ نَاوَأَهُمْ
وَصَادَمَ الْحَقَّ فِيهِمْ مَنْ بِهِ اصْطَدَمُوا

5. Those positions in the edifice of his leadership
A foundation erected on its pillars blindly

٥. تِلْكَ المَنَاصِبُ فِي مَبْنَى زَعَامَتِهِ
أُس أُقِيمَ عَلَى أَنْضَادِهِ أُطُمُ

6. A fortress protecting its people, manned by a hero
Supported by truth and adhering to justice

٦. حِصْنٌ يَذُودُ بِهِ عَنْ قَوْمِهِ بَطَلٌ
بِالحَقِّ مُعْتَضِدٌ بِالعَدْلِ مُعْتَصِمُ

7. For the events of the nights, his fingers
Are observant, and for the rulings of fate, his mouth

٧. لِحَادِثَاتِ اللَّيَالِي فِي أَنَامِلِهِ
يَرَاعَةٌ وَلأَحْكَامِ القَضَاءِ فَمُ