أَإِن تَدَرَّعتَ عِزّاً
وَإِن تَرَدَّيتَ زَينا
Is it because you have armored yourself in might,
and wrapped yourself in splendor,
في رُتبَةٍ فَقَت فيها
فَصِرتَ لِلمَجدِ عَينا
at a rank in which you excelled,
becoming glory’s very eye,
نَقَصتَنا مِن دُعاءٍ
إِذا كَتَبتَ إِلَينا
that you gave us less of a blessing
whenever you wrote to us?
فَإِن تَرَفَّعتَ أُخرى
إِذا فَعَلتَ عَلَينا
Then, should you rise once more,
why, you will surely have done us in.
Sol 5.6