رقي في عَهد صَدر ملك

صَديق فاقَ في عمل وَعلمِ

He ascended in the era of a king's rule

A friend who surpassed in deed and knowledge

وَفازَ بقصده رغم الأَعادي

بِرأيٍ صائبٍ وَمزيد فهم

And attained his goal despite the enemies

With sound opinion and more understanding

وَأَبدَع مِن قَريحته نِظاماً

وَتَرتيباً بَدا كعقود نَظم

And created from his talent a system

And an arrangement that seemed like poetry's composition

وَلما ساءَنا مِن غَير قَصد

كَما طَلببشرّ حكم

And when it went bad for us without intention

As humanity seeks reasoning

وَصرنا في الدِيار كَما تَرانا

بِلا شَرَف وَلا اسم وَرَسم

And we became in the homes as you see

Without dignity, name or mark

شَكَت مِنا النُفوس وَأَرَّخته

رقىفي شَهر هم

The souls complained of it and recorded it

He ascended in the month of anxiety