أغِثْ أيُّها الشَّيخُ الوزيُر فإنَّني

دُهِيتُ بما قد كنتُ قبلُ أخافُ

O Sheikh the Minister, come to my aid, for

I have been struck by that which I had feared before.

عُزِلْتُ ولم أعجَزْ ولم أكُ خائفاً

وذاكَ لإنصاف الوزير خِلافُ

I was dismissed though I did not fail, nor was I afraid,

And that was due to the minister's injustice.

حُذِفْتُ وغَيري مثبَتٌ في مَكانِهِ

كأنِّيَ نونُ الجَمعِ حينَ تُضافُ

I was excluded while others kept their places,

As if I were the extra Nun in a plural word.