إِن الوَزير أَدامَ اللَهُ دَولَتَهُ

أَخبارُهُ سِيَرٌ في الناس تَنتَقِلُ

The minister, may God prolong his rule,

His deeds circulate among the people.

إِذ طَهَر الأَرض مِن كُفر الدُروز وَمِن

شَر البُغاة الَّذي مِن دونِهِ الأَجَلُ

Since he purified the land from the blasphemy of the Druze and from

The evil of rebels whose time has come.

وَجاءَنا بِابن مَعن بَعد ما قَطَعَت

صم الصُخور عَلَيهِ وَهُوَ مُعتَزل

And he brought us Ibn Maan after the deaf rocks

Had isolated him while he was secluded.

لَم تَغنِ عَنهُ الحُصون البيض إِذ طَلعت

سود الرَزايا عَلَيهِ اليَوم وَالقلل

The white fortresses were of no use to him when

The black calamities attacked him, both today and forever.

وَلا الدلاص وَلا ذاكَ الرَصاص وَلا

تِلكَ الجِياد وَلا العَسالة الذبل

Neither the shields, nor the bullets, nor

The horses, nor the worn out weapons,

وَلا مَن العرب مَن كانَت جَوائِزَهُ

تَأَتي إِلَيهُم وَلا الكُتّاب وَالرُسُل

Nor those among the Arabs whose rewards

Would come to them, nor the writers and messengers.

أَطفالَهُ لَهُم مِن حَولِهِ زَجَلٌ

وَلِلنِساء عَلى ما صابَهُ وَجَل

His children around him worried,

And the women grieved over what had befallen him.

وَلِلدُروز شَتات في بِلادِهم

كَأَنَّهُم قَتَلوا مِن قَبل ما قَتَلوا

And the Druze were scattered in their countries

As if they had killed before they actually killed.

كَم باتَ يَحسَب في التَقويم مُفتَكِراً

في نَجمِهِ فَرَآهُ أَنَّهُ زَحل

How often did he stay up at night pondering

His star, only to find it was Saturn.

مَن راحَ يَطلبهُ التَقدير لَيسَ لَهُ

بَحر يَقيهِ وَلا سَهل وَلا جَبَل

Whoever fate seeks cannot be saved

By sea, plains or mountains.

هَذا عَواقب مَن يَطغى وَحرفَتَهُ

في قَومِهِ وَبَنيهِ المُكر وَالحيل

These are the consequences for those who transgress and whose

Trade among their people is deceit and trickery.