عانَدتني صُروفُ هَذا الزَمانِ

يا لَقَومي وَبالغت في هَواني

The vicissitudes of this time have opposed me,

Oh my people, and caused me great humiliation.

ما لَها دائِماً تهمُّ بِقَتلي

هَل رَأَتني مجرّباً في طعان

Why are they always bent on killing me?

Have they seen me as an expert spearman?

رُدَّها يا همام عَنّي فَجسمي

لَيسَ يَقوى عَلى صُروف الزَمان

Ward them off from me, O protector, for my body

Cannot withstand the vicissitudes of time.

أَنا وَجدي لا أَستَطيع لقاها

حَيث في حربها كبابي حصاني

I and my grandfather cannot face them,

For in their war my stallion is like a mosquito.

فَتلطّف بِحالَتي وَتَعطّف

وَاعتَرَضها بِصارم وَسنان

So be gentle with my condition and show compassion,

And confront them with sword and spear.

نارُها تَنطفي بِطوفان عَزم

مِنكَ أَمضى مِن سَيف لَحظ الغَواني

Their fire will be extinguished by your flood of determination,

Stronger than the glance that seduces the lovesick.

دُقَّ طبلُ السُرور في التَخت لَمّا

جئت تَسعى إِلَيهِ في مَهرَجان

Beat the drums of joy in the throne room

When you come seeking it in the festival.

يا أَميري لا زلت خَيرَ نَصيرٍ

لكسيرٌ للحادثات يُعاني

O my prince, you remain the best supporter

For one broken by events and suffering.

فرّ عنه لَما تَناءيت عَمداً

كُلٌّ إِلف مُقاربٌ وَمُداني

When you deliberately drew away from him,

Each intimate turned distant and estranged.

هَل لَهُ شافع إِلَيك مِن الدَه

ر سِوى جاهك الرَفيع المَكان

Does he have any intercessor with you

Other than your lofty and eminent position?

ما يُبالي إِذا عَفَوت بِقَومٍ

أَطلَقوا في أذاه خَيل الرِهان

You do not care if you pardon a people

Who unleashed in harm the horses of gambling.

يا رَعاك الَّذي حَباك بِحلم

عش سَعيداً في عزة وَأَمان

O you whose protection has endowed you with forbearance,

Live happily in honor and safety!