أَرى الناسَ لا يَرقى إِلى المَجدِ مِنهُمُ

سِوى ناقصٍ أَو ناقِضٍ في الأَضالِعِ

I see the people reaching no glory

Except the incomplete or inconsistent in constitution.

فَمَن شَكَّ فيما قُلتُهُ فَقِياسُهُ

عَلى مَعشَرٍ يَنفونَ شَكَّ المُنازِعِ

So he who doubts what I have said, his logic

Matches a group denying doubt's contention.

سُلَيمانَ وَالجاموسِ وَالصَدرِ وَاِبنِهِ

وَأَصهارِهِم وَالناصِحَينِ وَجامِعِ

Solomon, the ox, the minister, his son,

His sons-in-law, advisers and whole nation.