مولاي إن الكائنات بأسرها

شهدت بأنك غوث كل كريمِ

My Master, all creatures have borne witness

That You are the succor of every noble one

وبأن عدلك في الولاية صارم

ينكي الظلوم بنصرة المظلوم

And that Your justice in authority is firm

It makes the oppressor suffer for the oppressed

فانظر لدفتردار جلق نظرةً

يعمى بها عن غيِّه المذموم

So look upon the clerk Jalaq with a glance

That blinds him from his despised wrongdoing

وامنن علي بعودة لوظيفةٍ

أرضى بها ذاك الخبيثُ خصومي

And favor me with the return to a position

That wicked foe of mine would be pleased with

قد صار ياتاج الوزاة منصبي

فرساً لمن لم يسو ذيل بهيم

The office of minister has become for my post

A steed for one who has not a beast's tail

بزمان مدحت دام مدحت سالماً

ما ابتعت قطُّ وظيفةً بأديم

In the era I praised, as long as I praised, it remained secure

I never bought an office with leather

وبعهد مدحت كنت صاحب نعمةٍ

فاسمح بعهدك أن يعود نعيمي

And in the era of praise I was a man of bounty

So allow, in Your era, my comfort to return