يا عمدةَ الأمراءِ والوزراءِ

يا عِدَّةَ الأدباءِ والشعراءِ

O leader of princes and ministers

O pride of literati and poets

يا غرَّةَ الزمنِ البهيمِ وناظرَ ال

كرمِ الصميمِ وواحدَ الفضلاءِ

O decoy of the brutal age, and seer of sincere generosity and peer of noblemen

Have you seen the resolve of a scorpion that crept on a foot by which it takes steps to the heights

أرأيتَ همَّةَ عقربٍ دَبَّتْ على

قدمٍ بها تخطو إلى العلياءِ

When it climbed to the greatest ascent by its sting

The rank of the great was belittled by it

لما ارْتَقَتْ باللَّسْعِ أعظمَ مُرْتَقى

أخْنَتْ عليها رُتْبَةُ العُظَماءِ

If you taste the harm of scorpions, let

The scorpions of the temples remain during prosperity

إنْ ذُقْتَ ضَرَّاءَ العقاربِ فابْقَيَنْ

بعقاربِ الأصداغِ في السَّرَّاءِ

O goodness of the sting of a scorpion whose antidote

Is the saliva of the beloved with pure coffee

يا طيبَ لسعةِ عقربٍ ترياقها

ريق الحبيبِ بقهوةٍ عذراءِ