دَعَتْنِي حاجَةٌ فَبَعَثْتُ وَفْداً

حَقِيقاً بِالمَطالِبِ أَنْ يَعُودا

A need summoned me, so I sent a delegation

Truthfully, with requests, that they should return

ثَناءً لا يَزُورُ الدَّهْرَ إِلاّ

مَلِيكاً قاهِراً وَأَخاً وَدُودا

With praise, time does not betray, except

For a victorious king, and a loving brother

وَلَو أَنِّي أَشاءُ هَزَزْتُ قَوْماً

وَلكِنِّي أَراكَ أَغَضَّ عُودا

And if I wished, I could have shaken a nation

But I see in you, the most tender sapling