وَلَقَدْ نَصَحْتُ لَكُمْ بِكُلِّ لِسانِ

وَرَوَيْتُ هذا الشأن عن ساسانِ

I have advised you with every tongue

And told this matter from the Sasanids

فَلَئِنْ قَبِلْتُمْ ما بَذَلتُ فإنّكُمْ

أنأى الورى عن مَوْطنِ الحِرمانِ

So if you accept what I have given

You will be far from the abode of deprivation

كُنْ آمِناُ ممّا يَخافُ ذوو الغِنى

واستَعطِ واحكُمْ عُقْدَةَ الهِيمانِ

Be secure from what the wealthy fear

And take control, solve the knot of protection

واجعَلْ لِوَعْدِكَ سوفَ حُصْناً مانعاً

واطلُبْ بِهاتِ النّقدَ في الميزانِ

And make your promise a strong, impenetrable fortress

And seek with these minted coins on the scale

وَخُذِ الذي قد راحَِ نقداً حاضِراً

فالوعدُ رَهنُ نوائبِ الحدثانَ

And take what has become ready cash

For the promise is hostage to the vicissitudes of events