حازَgained الرئاسةَthe leadership جاهلٌan ignorant man ظلماًولمunjustly, and did not
حازَ الرئاسةَ جاهلٌ ظلماًولم
يكُbe أَهلَهاworthy of it فلذاكَso for that reason عنهاfrom it قدindeed خُزِلwas cut off
يكُ أَهلَها فلذاكَ عنها قد خُزِل
An ignorant man unjustly gained the leadership, and was not
An ignorant man unjustly seized power
worthy of it; therefore he was stripped of it.
Yet was unfit for it, so from it he was dismissed
باغٍan oppressor أَراهُshowed him العزلُdismissal مَصرَعَthe downfall of بغيهِhis oppression
باغٍ أَراهُ العزلُ مَصرَعَ بغيهِ
فاحسِنso how fine! بتأريخٍwith a chronogram بهin it الباغيthe oppressor غُزلِwas spun (probably intended: was deposed)
فاحسِن بتأريخٍ به الباغي غُزلِ
An oppressor—dismissal showed him the downfall of his oppression.
Ambition made dismissal the death of his plotting
So how fine a chronogram in which the oppressor was deposed (apparently intended; the text reads 'spun')!
So date it well, for on that date the plotter was dismissed
Sol 6.1