جاءتك تستعديك قافيةٌ

يا ابن الفرات على أبي الصقر

A rhyme has come to you imploring,

O son of the Euphrates, about Abi Al-Saqr

مُهرتْ ضرائرُها وما مهرت

بقرىً وَلَهْيَ أحقُّ بالمهر

Its meanings have been made clear though not dowered

With villages - and isn’t sincerity more deserving of dower?

فاحكم فإنك لم تزل حَكَماً

للقوم في الجُلَّى من الأمر

So judge, for you have never ceased being an arbiter

For the people in the thorniest of matters,

واغضب لها غضباً يقود رضاً

يشكرْك قائلها يدَ الدهر

And be angry with righteous anger that leads to contentment;

Its speaker will thank you until the end of time.