عدالة الصَدر في أَحكامه غمرت

كَل البرية مِن قاصٍ وَمِن داني

The justice of your judgment has overwhelmed

All the wilderness, both remote and near

وَالعَبد صالح وَالكُتّاب قَد لبسوا

مِن جَورأَغا أَثوابَ أَحزان

While the good servant and the clerks have worn

From unjust Agha the clothes of sorrow

وَالأَرنؤطي خالف ما

بِهِ أَمرت وَلَم يَصرف لإِنسان

And Arnuti disobeyed what

You ordered and did not pay any man

وَبَينَ هذين قَد ضاعَت جَوامكُنا

مِن منذ عام وَلم نُغمَر بِإِحسان

And between these two, our lives were lost

For over a year without any benevolence

أَمّا العِيال فمن جوعٍ وَمِن ظَمأٍ

أَضحوا كَأَنَّهُمُ مَوتى بِأَكفان

As for the dependents, from hunger and thirst

They have become as if dead in shrouds

فَجُد لَهُم بِالعَطا وَاعطف وَمُر كرماً

مَن شئتَ بِالصَرف لي مِن أَي ديوان

So be generous and merciful to them and order graciously

Whoever you wish to disburse to me from any treasury

فَما عَلى عهدتي باقٍ يؤخرني

عَن أَخذ ماهيّتي مِن بَعد حرماني

For there is nothing left in my charge that delays me

From taking my livelihood after depriving me