إنَّ ابن بلبلَ نخلةٌ

إنَّ ابن بلبلَ نخلةٌ

لانتْ لصقرٍ من وراءِ

لانتْ لصقرٍ من وراءِ

Indeed, Ibn Bulbul is a palm tree

The son of a nightingale is a palm tree

that yielded to a falcon from behind.

That does not bow to the falcon from behind

ذاكَ الذي نسخَ الإجا

ذاكَ الذي نسخَ الإجا

رةَ بالوزارة للقضاءِ

رةَ بالوزارة للقضاءِ

That is the man who replaced hired service

The one who copied progress

with the vizierate, as fate decreed.

With the ministry for the judiciary

ملكَ الرَّجالَ بعزَّةٍ

ملكَ الرَّجالَ بعزَّةٍ

مِلْكَ الرجالِ الأقوياءِ

مِلْكَ الرجالِ الأقوياءِ

He ruled men with might,

He ruled men with pride

as powerful men rule.

The rule of strong men

ولَطَالَ ما ملكَ الرجا

ولَطَالَ ما ملكَ الرجا

لَ بذلّةٍ مثل النساءِ

لَ بذلّةٍ مثل النساءِ

And long indeed he had ruled men

And for long he ruled men

in abasement, like women.

With humiliation like women

أضحتْ سعادتُه له

أضحتْ سعادتُه له

رَهناً مَليّاً بالشقاءِ

رَهناً مَليّاً بالشقاءِ

His good fortune has become for him

His happiness has become for him

a pledge rich in misery.

A bad pledge for misery

عْبدُ الندى ملكُ الحجا

عْبدُ الندى ملكُ الحجا

ب تُراهُ جبّارَ اللقاءِ

ب تُراهُ جبّارَ اللقاءِ

A slave to generosity, a king in seclusion—

Abdul Nadaa, king of the robe you see him

you find him tyrannical face to face.

The mighty meeting

يهوي سَفالاً في الحضي

يهوي سَفالاً في الحضي

ضِ وأنفهُ فوقَ السماءِ

ضِ وأنفهُ فوقَ السماءِ

He plunges downward into the depths,

Falling despicably in the courtyard and his nose above the sky

while his nose is above the sky.