قَد وَجدنَا الدَّمعَ أشفَى لِلكَمَد

وَرَأَينَا الغَيَّ أدنَى لِلرَّشَد

We have found tears more healing than cautery

And madness closer than sane counsel

والَّذي أَعطَى أَبَا عَامِرٍ ال

مُلكَ والدِّينَ ونَصرَ المُضطَهَد

He who gave Abu Amir sovereignty

Religion and victory over persecution

مَا رَأَت عَينَايَ شَمساً قَبلَهُ

طَلَعَت في الأُفقِ مِن وَجهِ أَسَد

Never did mine eyes see before his time

A sun rising in the horizon like a lion

يَجمَعُ الدُّنيَا بِكَفَّي رأيِهِ

جَمعَكَ الآلاَفَ في عَقدِ العَدَد

He grasps the world in his mind’s hands

As you grasped thousands in the bracelet of number

يَسأَلُ العَانيَ أَن يَسأَلَهُ

فَإِذَا أَولاَهُ مَعرُوفاً جَحَد

He asks the suppliant to ask of him

But when he obliges him, he is ungrateful