هذا المورث قال لي

قولا بغير لسانه

This heir told me,

In words without tongue,

لكن بما شاهدته

من فعله في شانه

Yet by what I saw

Of his deeds for his people-

متعظّم برجاله

العزّ من سلطانه

Arrogant to his men,

Power from his rule-

يا مفردا كسب الحطام

بسيفه وسنانه

O you who reaped ruin

With sword and teeth

لا تبق ما أعطاكه

مولاك من إحسانه

Do not keep what

Your Master gave of favor

كل ما كسبت وجزّه

بالعدل في ألوانه

All you took and ate

With justice in its forms

بالناب قبل تمكّني

في البيت من أركانه

With fangs before my

Settling in the house's pillars

وبنى بنى في ارضه

طمعا وفي جدرانه

And built, built on his land

With greed and in his walls

وتحقّقي بك بعد كو

ن الموت في حدثانه

And realize, you after being

That death is at his ankles

كم ميّت حالفتهُ

وبخست في أكفانه

How many dead befriended you

And cheated in their shrouds

ودفنته دفنَ الكلا

ب بذله وهوانه

And buried in dogs' graves

Giving him up in disgrace and humiliation

وأكلت ما ذحرت يدا

ه لجهله بزمانه

And ate what his hands sacrificed

In ignorance of his time

لخلافه لنبيّه

والميل عن قرآنه

Opposing his prophet

And turning from his Koran

وقبوله لضلاله

بالشك من شيطانه

And accepting his heresy

With doubt from his devil