أَلِكني إِلى هَذا الوَزيرِ وَقُل لَهُ

لَقَد صَرَعَتنا خِلفَةُ الدَّهرِ فاِنعَشِ

Take me to this minister and say to him,

The vicissitudes of fate have laid us low, so revive us,

وَراعِ رَعاكَ اللَهُ أَحوالَ كُوفَنٍ

وَنَقِّرْ هَداكَ اللَهُ عَنَّا وَفَتِّشِ

Tend, may God tend you, to the state of our Kufa,

And lead, may God rightly lead you, us and investigate,

فعامِلُنا يَزني وَيجِني وَيَعتَدي

وَحاكِمُنا يَعلو وَيُعلَى وَيَرتَشي

For our governor fornicates, transgresses, and aggresses,

And our ruler exalts and is exalted and takes bribes.