1. Greetings to you, Minister of Finance from me
And from all the loyalists

2. And as a tribute to your greatness from sheikhs
And deputies, reward for the workers

3. O son of an elder who was loyal
To Egypt, and O brother of the loyal

4. Your circle chose you for every matter
So you were for it and it was a supporter for you

5. For it and for you, the two parties met as companions
So they were the equal leaders

6. And you brought them together for good in intimacy
Like a mother gathering the righteous sons

7. And whoever boasts of his numerousness arrogantly
They with you are the most horsemen

8. You supported the early ones and they are comrades
And from you today is the support of the later ones

9. And you parted from those who went left
And walked with those who went right

10. And the dissenters against you have no claim
Except the claim of the agitating narrators

11. And we saw no excuse for what they were accustomed to
Except delusions and suspicions

12. You left them as they left you, blaming
While you and they will return to blame

13. And their hearts are still sound
And they have not lost insights and eyes

14. And they do not bear hatred towards you
Even if they are the harshest calculators

15. And the pledge of war did not distract you from them
For you have been generous to them with might and gentleness

16. If you please your nation, it will be reassured
Towards you and the evil of the angry will diminish

17. Minister of Finance, collect it lawfully
And distribute it with the justice of the resolute

18. You collected its taxes from every fruit
So its obligatory alms were for the needy

19. Obligations you do not fail to fulfill
You pay them and settle them faithfully

20. And if they were grants or loans
You found a guarantor for them in you

21. From them you took and they are equal
Before you, paying and receiving

22. And what they give of wealth will be returned
To them as good, precious capital

23. And nothing remains for what they paid except
The wellbeing of their lives, worldly and religious

24. And the spender of a single one from what he acquired
For his nation will return it multiplied

25. And whoever's taxes burdened him
You are his guarantor to alleviate

26. And has the giver of his essence remained
Stingy over what his hand contained?

27. And which law is unavoidable
That is without obedient and unwilling?

28. And whence is your accusation about treasures
For which you made the angels guards?

29. And those are the storerooms of God, they have increased
So you were the most virtuous trustee

30. And the dinar does not strive in your hands
Except the soldier who occupies the fortresses

31. And were it not for the money you would have no way
To the hopes, the hands of the reformers

32. The homelands saw from you and from those over it
Openly, beyond what was known for certain

33. With yourself after your family in protecting it
You reached your vast assured position

34. And the best of your perfumes, numerous,
Are the farmers’ share of the valley

35. You paid the debt on their behalf so they regained
Their properties and what they cultivate

36. And no harm of invaders upon homelands
Is heavier than the shackles of creditors

37. And you are the destination of what you hope and please
Your country, and it is the consequence of the skillful