لقد فزتُ من نثر الكلامِ ونظمِه

بما استصْغَرَ الدرَّ المصونَ لعُظْمِهِ

I have excelled in prose and verse

With words that belittle the guarded pearl in its grandeur

وأيدتُ بالمعنى الذي راقَ ماؤه

فأروِ به من شئتَ منا واظْمِهِ

And I have supported with pleasing meaning

Quench with it whom you wish of us and muzzle him

ووفّيتُ حقّ المُلْكِ بالخدمةِ التي

تجرّدَ ذيلُ العزمِ عن ساقِ حزْمِه

And I have fulfilled the right of the kingdom with service

That the train of resolve has cast off from the leg of its determination

فإن تدعُ أن قيلَ الوفاءُ أباً له

فحاً إذا ما العزُّ كان ابنَ عمّهِ

If you claim that loyalty is a disgrace to it

Then disgrace, when honor is the cousin of its uncle

ألبّيكَ ألفاً أيها الصارخُ الذي

غدا منه حربُ الدهرِ يُدْعى بسَلْمِه

I say to you a thousand times, O you who cry out

From which the war of fate is called by its peace

ومَنْ ذا الذي يا بنَ الكرامِ يحيدُ عن

ولايةِ من يَعْنو الأنامُ بحكمِه

And who, O son of nobles, deviates

From the allegiance of one whose rule brings people together

وماذا مكانُ الحِلْمِ عنهُ ولو جرى

للقمانَ هذا لم يؤيَّدْ بحِلمِه

And what place does forbearance have with him? And if this flows

To Luqman, he would not be supported by his forbearance

فإنْ زاغَ عمّا دمتُه فيه زائغٌ

If he deviates from what I make him constant in