لَقَد فازَ بِالمُلكِ العَقيمِ خَليفَةٌ

لَهُ شيرِكوهُ العاضِدِيُّ وَزيرُ

The barren one has won the kingdom,

His vizier is Sherikuh the supporter,

كَأَنَّ اِبنَ شاذي وَالصَلاحَ وَسَيفَهُ

عَلِيٌّ لَدَيهِ شَبَّرُ وَشَبيرُ

It is as if Ibn Shaddi, Salah and his sword,

Ali is with him, the bold and the brave,

هُوَ الأَسَدُ الضاري الَّذي جَلَّ خَطبُهُ

وَشاوَرُ كَلبٌ لِلرِجالِ عَقورُ

He is the fierce lion with lofty discourse,

And the advisor is a dog, unfaithful to men,

بَغى وَطَغى حَتّى لَقَد قالَ قائِلٌ

عَلى مِثلِها كانَ اللَعينُ يَدورُ

He transgressed and oppressed until it was said,

Upon the likes of it the accursed used to go round,

فَلا رَحِمَ الرَحمَنُ تُربَةَ قَبرِهِ

وَلازالَ فيها مُنكَرٌ وَنَكيرُ

May the Merciful not have mercy on his grave’s soil,

In it Munkar and Nakir still abide.