يقولون تاجُ المُلْكِ بعد خمولِه

تَفَرْعَنَ واستولَى على النهي والأمرِ

They say the crown of kingship after his lethargy

Has become arrogant and taken over command and prohibition

فقلتُ لهم لا تحسُدوهُ وأبْصِرُوا

عواقبَ ما يأتي به نُوَبُ الدَّهرِ

So I said to them, do not envy him and see

The consequences of what the turns of fate will bring

كأني بهِ والنصلُ يأخذُ رأسَهُ

وأطرافُهُ يُسلكْنَ في الحَلَقِ السُّمْرِ

It is as if I see him, and the sword takes his head

And his limbs are threaded in the necklace of death

سَلوا اللّهَ إبقاءَ الوزيرِ فإنَّهُ

سيحمِلُهُ يوماً على مركَبٍ وَعْرِ

Ask Allah to keep the minister, for he

Will one day carry him on a bier

على مركبٍ لا يلقحُ الفحلُ أمَّهُ

يعافى على متنيهِ من ضَغْطةِ القبرِ

On a bier no stallion mounts its mother

Relieved on its planks from the pressure of the grave

فإنْ فاتَهُ واللّهُ بالغُ أمرِه

فأعمَى يُكَدِّي في المساجدِ أو يُقْرِي

If he escapes him, and Allah fulfills His command

Then blind he wanders the mosques or recites the Quran