وفازَ المؤيَّدُ في يومِهِ

بما كانَ يرجوهُ في أمسِهِ

The supported one won on his day

What he had hoped for the day before

وكمْ قدْ شكا الحيفَ منْ دهرِهِ

فأنصفَهُ الدهرُ منْ نفسِهِ

And how much he complained of time's injustice

Yet time made up for it through itself