قُل لِلوَزيرِ إِذا خَلا لَكَ وَجهُهُ

وَأَصاخَ مَسمَعُهُ إِلَيكَ فَمالا

Tell the minister, when he is alone with you

And turns his ear to listen to you in private

ماذا حَمَلتَ مِنَ الأُمورِ لِأُمَّةٍ

حَمَلَت مُلِمّاتِ الزَمانِ ثِقالا

What have you brought for the nation of burdens

That have heavily burdened the times?

أَنتَ الرِئيسُ حُكومَةً وَمَشيئَةً

وَالوَفدُ أَجمَعُ صورَةً وَمِثالا

You are the head of state in government and desire

And the delegation altogether an image and ideal

اليَومَ يَنبَلِجُ اليَقينُ لِذي العَمى

فَيَرى الأمورَ وَيَعرفُ الأحوالا

Today, certainty will shine for the blind

So he may see matters and know conditions

أرأيتَ في القومِ الَّذينَ عَرَفتَهُم

مَن لا يُريدُ لِقَومِهِ اِستِقلالا

Have you seen in these people whom you have known

One who does not want independence for his people?

وَوَجَدتَ في تِلكَ المَمالِكِ أُمَّةً

تَرضى الضَياعَ مَغَبَّةً وَمَآلا

And you found in those kingdoms a nation

Content with loss, confused and astray

وَعَرفتَ مِن زُعمائِها مَن لا يَرى

صبرَ الشُعوبِ عَلى الهَوانِ مُحالا

And you knew among its leaders one who does not see

The patience of nations with humiliation impossible

قُل لِلأُلى اِشتَروا الحِمايَةَ حَسبُكُم

أَفَتَشتَرونَ لَنا أَذىً وَنَكالا

Tell those gone astray, buying protection is enough for you

Will you buy for us harm and misery?

إِن تُنكِروا حُكمَ الرِجالِ فَشاوِروا

فيها النِساءَ وَحَكِّموا الأَطفالا

If you deny the rule of men, then consult

The women in it and judge it by children

خالَفتُمُ العُلَماءَ في تَأويلِها

فَدَعوا التَعَصُّبَ وَاِسأَلوا الجُهّالا

You opposed the scholars in interpreting it

So leave stubbornness and ask the ignorant

تُخفونَ قاصِمَةَ الظُهورِ وَقَد بَدَت

تُزجي الخُطوبَ وَتَبعَثُ الأَهوالا

You hide the back-breaker, and it has appeared

To stir up misfortunes and bring horrors

نَظَرَت إِلى الأَهرامِ وَهيَ كَأَنَّها

رُكنُ الزَمانِ فَزُلزِلَت زِلزالا

It looked upon the pyramids, which are

The pillar of time, so it shook an earthquake

فِرعَونُ مِلكَكَ في جَناحَي طائِرٍ

مَلَكَ العَوالِمَ نَهضَةً وَمَجالا

Pharaoh, your king with the wings of a bird

Ruled the worlds rising and spreading

ارفَع جَناحَكَ وَاِنطَلِق في إِثرِهِ

وَخُذِ الدُهورَ عَلَيهِ وَالأَجيالا

Raise your wing and chase after him

And take the ages against him and the generations

جَمَعَ الحُماةَ بِكُلِّ جَوٍّ حَولَهُ

فَاِجمَع حُماتَكَ وَاِبعَثِ الأَبطالا

He gathered protectors under every atmosphere around him

So gather your protectors and send out the heroes

أَخَذَ السِماكَ وَنالَ مَنزِلَةَ السُهى

وَأَراكَ أَبعَدَ مَأخَذاً وَمَنالا

He took the fish and attained the position of distinction

While I see you farther away in taking and attaining

تَثِبُ العَزائِمُ مِنكَ في دَمِ أُمَّةٍ

تَأبى الهَوادَةَ أَو يَفيضَ سِجالا

Determinations will spring from you in the blood of a nation

That refuses to make peace or overflowing strife

إِنَّ المَمالِكَ إِن لَقينَ هَوادَةً

في النازِلاتِ فَقَد لَقينَ زَوالا

Indeed the kingdoms, if they meet with peace

In calamities, then they have met with demise