هَمَمتُ بِأَمرٍ أَن يَكونَ صَريمَةً

زَماعاً وَأن لا يُدركَ المَهْلَ زاجِرُ

I have resolved to undertake a matter that will be perilous

And swift, before the period of respite runs out

وَما الفَتكُ بِالأَمرِ الَّذي أَنتَ ناظِرٌ

بِهِ عاجِزَ الأَصحابِ مِمَّنْ تُؤامِرُ

And success lies not in the matter you are observing

Which even intimate advisers confess incapability

وَما الفَتكُ إِلَّا بِالَّذي لَيسَ قَبلَهُ

إِمارٌ وَلَم تُجمع عَلَيهِ المَشاوِرُ

But rather in that which previously had no precedent

Nor gathered consensus through deliberation