وزيرُنا ليسَ له عادةٌ

ببذلِ إفضالٍ وإحسانِ

Our minister has no habit

Of granting favors and kindness

قد جعلَ الكِبْرَ شعاراً له

فليس يقْضي حقّ إنسان

He has made arrogance his motto

So he does not fulfill any human's right

لو سلِمَ السّلطانُ من كِبْرِه

عليه ما ردّ بإعلانِ

If the sultan were rid of his arrogance

He would not refuse publicly

كأنّه لا كان من تيهه

مورّثٌ ملكَ سليمانِ

As if he did not come from the lost

Inheritor of Solomon's kingdom

أبوابُه مغلَقةٌ دائباً

من دون وُفّادٍ وضِيفانِ

His doors are always closed

Without any loyal friends or guests