1. O Sheikh the Minister, come to my aid, for
I have been struck by that which I had feared before.
١. أغِثْ أيُّها الشَّيخُ الوزيُر فإنَّني
دُهِيتُ بما قد كنتُ قبلُ أخافُ
2. I was dismissed though I did not fail, nor was I afraid,
And that was due to the minister's injustice.
٢. عُزِلْتُ ولم أعجَزْ ولم أكُ خائفاً
وذاكَ لإنصاف الوزير خِلافُ
3. I was excluded while others kept their places,
As if I were the extra Nun in a plural word.
٣. حُذِفْتُ وغَيري مثبَتٌ في مَكانِهِ
كأنِّيَ نونُ الجَمعِ حينَ تُضافُ