ما دَواءُ الأَميرِ فَتحُ بن خاقا

نَ سِوى شِعر هَذا الزَمانِ

What cure is there for Prince Fath ibn Khaqan

Other than the poetry of this age?

وَدَواءُ الأَميرِ أَن ينشدوهُ

بَعضَ ما قالَهُ أَبو هِفّانِ

And the cure for the prince is for them to recite to him

Some of what Abu Hiffan has said.