ما رَعى الدَهرُ آلَ بَرمَكَ حَقّاً

أَن رَمى مُلكَهُم بِأَمرٍ فَظيعِ

Time did not rightly shepherd the kin of Barmak,

Fate did not truly observe the rights of the House of Barmak,

When it cast their kingdom into dire turmoil.

When it struck their dominion with a calamity most foul;

إِنَّ دَهراً لَم يَرعَ حَقّاً لِيَحيى

غَيرُ راعٍ ذِمامَ آلِ الرَبيعِ

A time that tended no right for life to thrive

For indeed, an age that honored not the due of Yahya

Except tending the reins of the house of Spring.

Will not keep faith with the clan of al-Rabi‘.