سُلطانُكَ النارُ إِن تَعدِل فَنافِعَةٌ

وَإِن تَجُر فَلَها ضَيرٌ وَإِحراقُ

Your rule is fire, if just it benefits

Yet if oppressive, it harms and burns

وَقُربَهُ اللُجُّ إِن أَعطاكَ فائِدَةً

فَلَيسَ يُؤمَنُ إِهلاكٌ وَإِغراقُ

And the sea, though it gives you gain

Its drowning and sinking cannot be fully trusted

وَالمالُ رِزقٌ فَمَن يُدرِكهُ يَحظَ بِهِ

وَلَيسَ يُغنيكَ إِشآمٌ وَإِعراقُ

Wealth is sustenance, he who attains it profits

Not satisfied by coveting and forcing it out

وَالحَقُّ كَالشَمسِ وارَتها حَنادِسُها

فَما لَها في عُيونِ الناسِ إِشراقُ

Truth is like the sun, and its adversaries are its shadows

It needs no eyes to behold its rising