سُلطانُكَ النارُ إِن تَعدِل فَنافِعَةٌ

سُلطانُكَ النارُ إِن تَعدِل فَنافِعَةٌ

وَإِن تَجُر فَلَها ضَيرٌ وَإِحراقُ

وَإِن تَجُر فَلَها ضَيرٌ وَإِحراقُ

Your ruler is fire: if it acts justly, it is beneficial;

Your rule is fire, if just it benefits

But if it acts unjustly, it brings harm and burning.

Yet if oppressive, it harms and burns

وَقُربَهُ اللُجُّ إِن أَعطاكَ فائِدَةً

وَقُربَهُ اللُجُّ إِن أَعطاكَ فائِدَةً

فَلَيسَ يُؤمَنُ إِهلاكٌ وَإِغراقُ

فَلَيسَ يُؤمَنُ إِهلاكٌ وَإِغراقُ

And nearness to him is the deep sea: even if it offers you benefit,

And the sea, though it gives you gain

There is still no safety from destruction and drowning.

Its drowning and sinking cannot be fully trusted

وَالمالُ رِزقٌ فَمَن يُدرِكهُ يَحظَ بِهِ

وَالمالُ رِزقٌ فَمَن يُدرِكهُ يَحظَ بِهِ

وَلَيسَ يُغنيكَ إِشآمٌ وَإِعراقُ

وَلَيسَ يُغنيكَ إِشآمٌ وَإِعراقُ

And wealth is provision: whoever obtains it enjoys it;

Wealth is sustenance, he who attains it profits

And journeying to Syria and Iraq will not enrich you.

Not satisfied by coveting and forcing it out

وَالحَقُّ كَالشَمسِ وارَتها حَنادِسُها

وَالحَقُّ كَالشَمسِ وارَتها حَنادِسُها

فَما لَها في عُيونِ الناسِ إِشراقُ

فَما لَها في عُيونِ الناسِ إِشراقُ

And truth is like the sun, concealed by its deep darkness;

Truth is like the sun, and its adversaries are its shadows

So it has no radiance in people's eyes.

It needs no eyes to behold its rising