ملك الكنانة طاهر

ملك الكنانة طاهر

وحظي على مرغوبه

وحظي على مرغوبه

Tahir ruled al-Kinanah,

The king of Canaan is pure

and attained what he desired.

And his luck is as he desires

والفعل ضد الاسم كا

والفعل ضد الاسم كا

ن لقبحه بذنوبه

ن لقبحه بذنوبه

And his conduct was contrary to his name,

The action against the name as if

because his sins made him vile.

To attribute ugliness to his sins

أيامه كانت بكا

أيامه كانت بكا

فيها ظهور عيوبه

فيها ظهور عيوبه

His days were filled with weeping;

His days were crying

in them his faults came to light.

In them the appearance of his flaws

ورجاله من ظلمه

ورجاله من ظلمه

أرختهم غدروا به

أرختهم غدروا به

And his men, because of his tyranny—

And his men out of his injustice

I dated them with a chronogram: 'They betrayed him.'

Betrayed him as they were deceived by him