نَهجِ حَقّ سَلَكتُم أَيّ نَهج

وَحَجَجتُم مَكانَكُم أَيّ حَجِّ

What path of truth have you taken, what path

And what is your argument, what argument

وَنَفيتُم عَنكُم ظُنون أُناسٍ

صَيَّرتُهُم ما بَينَ هَرجٍ وَمَرجِ

And you have removed from yourselves people's suspicions

That have made them confused and perplexed

إِذ قَضَيتُم بِالحَقِّ في ثُلثِ مالٍ

لَم يَكُن مُغنياً عَن اِبنِ النَشانجي

When you judged with the truth a third of the money

That would not have helped the son of Al-Nashanji

مِن وَصِيّ قَدِ اِقتَدى بِأَبيهِ

حينَ أَخفى ثلث النَشانجي بدُرجِ

From an executor who followed his father

When he hid the third of Al-Nashanji in a small room

حَسِبَ المال مُخلِداً لِحياة

أَو مِنَ النارِ في القيامَةِ يُنجي

Deeming the money everlasting life

Or salvation from the Fire on the Day of Resurrection

كَدّ فيهِ أَبٌ وَتابَعَهُ اِبنٌ

وَغَدا الآنَ بَينَ عُرج وَفُلجِ

A father had struggled over it, and a son pursued it

And now it is between steepness and softness

كادَ لَولا عِنايَةٌ مِنكَ يُلقى

بَينَ شِدقي فمٍ دَريسٍ وَفَرجِ

It almost, were it not for your care, would have been thrown

Between the cheeks of a coarse and soft mouth

فَاِخرجوهُ لِتُخرِجوهُ وَيَأتي

لَكُم شُكر ذَاكَ مِن كُلِّ فَجِّ

So take it out, that you may take it out, and there will come

To you the gratitude of that from every crevice

ثُم خُصُّوا قاضي العَساكر مِنهُ

ثُمَّ عُمّوا الفَقير مِنهُ بِخَرجِ

Then give a portion of it to the judge of the military

Then specify for the poor man a portion from it

لا بَرحتُم في دَولَةٍ وَسموٍّ

مِنهُما الفَضل كُلَّ حينٍ يُرَجِّي

You have not ceased to be in a state and a high rank

From both of which grace is hoped for at all times