جائعٌ طامعٌ طلوعٌ غشومٌ

عمَّ في جورِهِ الأنامَ جميعا

Hungry, greedy, hopeful, cruel

He oppressed all people with his tyranny

صفر الربْعُ في المحرَّمِ منْهُ

ليسَ محرِّماً بل ربيعا

Spring was absent in his realm

Not forbidden, but a wasteland of misery