وَمَولىً عَصاني وَاِستَبَدَّ بِرَأيِهِ

كَما لَم يُطَع بِالبَقَّتَينِ قَصيرُ

A rebellious slave who imposed his will

As none were ever obeyed in this trivial land

فَلَمّا رَأى ما غِبُّ أَمري وَأَمرِهِ

وَوَلَّت بِأَعجازِ الأُمورِ صُدورُ

When he saw the strange turns of my affairs and his

And how events had turned their backs and fled

تَمَنّى نَئيشاً أَن يَكونَ أَطاعَني

وَقَد حَدَثَت بَعدَ الأُمورِ أُمورُ

He wished, in anguish, he had obeyed me

For after those events, others occurred