شَكا البَيت حرماني وَطُول إِقامَتي

بِهِ لا لشيء موجب لملامتي

The house complained of my deprivation and long stay

In it for no good reason to blame me

وَغلق باب الرزق دُوني عَلى

لَها القَطع يَسعى قَبل يَوم القِيامة

And the door of livelihood closed before me

To seek provision before the Day of Judgment

وَدارَت عَلى قطر المَعاش دَوائرٌ

مَراكزها زالَت بَلَغو الإِدارة

And circles turned on the axis of livelihood

Their centers have declined, reaching the administration

وَما كانَ ظَني بَعدَ عشرين حجةً

وَعَشر قَضَت في خدمَتي بِالصَداقة

And I did not expect after twenty pilgrimages

And ten spent in service with loyalty

وَفَرط اجتِهادي في تَراجم عدة

مِن الكُتب أَن أُرمَى بِسَهم البَطالة

And my overflowing efforts in many translations

Of books that I would be struck by unemployment

وَيُنكرني مَن لَيسَ يَجهَل أَنَّني

أَمين نُصوح مُخلص في خدامتي

And I would be denied by one who does not ignore that I

Am a sincere, loyal servant in my service

فَيا أَيُّها الصَدر الَّذي بِسَداده

وَمحتده قَد نالَ أَسمى مَكانة

So O chest which in its integrity

And sharpness has attained the highest position

وِبالسَيف وَالخطيّ وَالقَلَم اِرتَقى

إِلى ذُروة العليا وَأَوج الصَدارة

And with sword, rhetoric and pen has risen

To the peak of heights and top of leadership

خديمك مَجدي قَد تَعدّى زَمانُه

عَلَيهِ وَأَصماه بِنبل العَداوة

Your servant Majdi, his time has transgressed

Upon him and deafened him with the arrows of enmity

وَمِن مُنذ عيد الفطر وَهُوَ مُقيد

بِقَيد العَنا في أَسر فقر وَفاقة

And since the Feast of Breaking Fast he has been shackled

With the shackles of misery in the captivity of poverty and destitution

وَقَد رَفع الشَكوى إِلَيك وَإِنَّهُ

عَلى ثِقة مِن كَشف سُحب الظَلامة

And he has raised a complaint to you and he is

Confident you will dispel the clouds of darkness

فَجد يا شَريف الاسم وَالأَصل بِالَّذي

لَهُ أَنتَ أَهل يا حَليف العَدالة

So help, O noble name and lineage, with what

You are worthy of, O ally of justice

فَإِنيَ قَد أَبديت مابي لِمنصف

عُطوف رؤف القَلب يَرثي لِحالَتي

For I have stated my situation to an equitable judge

Kind-hearted and compassionate, who sympathizes with my condition

لِيَزداد مني حُسن شُكري لِدَولة

تَدوم بِها في نعمة وَكرامة

So that my gratitude to the state increases

Through which you enjoy favor and honor