1. لَعائِنُ اللَهِ مُتابَعاتِ

    مُصَبِّحاتٍ وَمُهَجِّراتِ

    May God's curses fall one after another,

    coming at dawn and at noon,

  2. عَلى اِبنِ عَبدِ المَلِكِ الزَيّاتِ

    عَرَّضَ شَملَ المُلكِ لِلشَّتاتِ

    upon Ibn Abd al-Malik al-Zayyat.

    He exposed the kingdom's unity to dispersal,

  3. وَأَنفَذَ الأَحكامَ جائِراتِ

    عَلى كِتابِ اللَهِ زارِياتِ

    and enforced unjust judgments,

    disparaging the Book of God,

  4. وَعَن عُقولِ الناسِ خارِجاتِ

    يَرمي الدَواوينَ بِتَوقيعاتِ

    and straying beyond human reason.

    He pelts the bureaus with decrees,

  5. مُعَقَّداتٍ كَرُقى الحَيّاتِ

    سُبحانَ مَن جَلَّ عَنِ الصِفاتِ

    intricate as incantations for snakes.

    Glory to Him who is exalted beyond description!

  6. بَعدَ رُكوبِ الطَوفِ في الفُراتِ

    وَبَعدَ بَيعِ الزَيتِ بِالحَبّاتِ

    After riding a raft on the Euphrates,

    and after selling oil by the jar,

  7. صِرتَ وَزيراً شامِخَ الثَباتِ

    هارونُ يَااِبنَ سَيِّدِ الساداتِ

    you became a minister, lofty and secure.

    Harun, O son of the lord of lords,

  8. أَما تَرى الأُمورَ مُهمَلاتِ

    تَشكو إِلَيكَ عَدَمَ الكُفاةِ

    do you not see affairs neglected,

    complaining to you of the lack of capable men?

  9. فَعاجِلِ العِلجَ بِمُرهَفاتِ

    مِن بَعدِ أَلفٍ صُخَّبِ الأَصواتِ

    So swiftly strike the brute with keen-edged blades,

    after a thousand loudly cracking lashes,

  10. بِمُثمِراتٍ غَيرِ مورِقاتِ

    تُرى بِمَتنَيهِ مُرَصَّفاتِ

    with whips that bear fruit but put forth no leaves,

    their marks arrayed on both sides of his back,

  11. تَرَصُّفَ الأَسنانِ في اللِثاتِ

    like teeth set within the gums.