قُل لِوالي العَهدِ إن لاقَيتَهُ

وَوَلِيُّ العَهدِ أَولى بِالرَّشَد

Tell the heir apparent, should you meet him,

The heir apparent is more rightly guided.

إِنَّهُ وَاللَّهِ لَولا أَنتَ لَم

يَنجُ مِنّي سالِماً عَبدُ الصَّمَد

By God, were it not for you, no servant

Of the Eternal would have escaped me unharmed.

إِنَّهُ قَد رامَ مِنّي خُطَّةً

لَم يَرُمها قَبلَهُ مِنّي أَحَد

He has plotted against me a plot—

None before him has plotted its like against me.

فَهوَ مِمّا رامَ مِنّي كَالَّذي

يَقنُصُ الدُّراجَ مِن خيسِ الأَسَد

So he is to me like one who would stalk

A lynx from among base jackals.