قُلْ لِلْهَوى حُكِّمْتَ فَاحْكُمْ لي

لا تَصْلَ حَرَّ الهَجْرِ من أَجْلِي

Say to passion "You have judged, so judge in my favor

Do not make separation's heat intense for me

لا يَغْلِبْنَ خصمايَ عندكَ فِي

عَيْنِ الرَّقِيبِ وأَلْسُنِ العَذْلِ

Let not my rivals defeat me in your eyes

In the watcher's view or the tongues of the faultfinders

وأَصِخْ لِمَظْلَمَتِي فقد وَضَحَتْ

واسمَعْ فعندِي شاهِدا عَدْلِ

Pay heed to my injustice, for it has become clear

And listen, for I have an impartial witness with me

أَأَجُودُ بالنَّفْسِ الَّتِي كَرُمَتْ

لِرَشاً يَضِنُّ عَلَيَّ بالوَصْلِ

Shall I begrudge my soul that has honored

Meager affections that are miserly with union?

وشمائِلُ المنصورِ قَدْ قَطَعَتْ

ظُلْمَ الظَّلُومِ وسُنَّةَ البُخْلِ

And the qualities of al-Mansur have cut off

The injustice of the unjust and the habit of stinginess

مَلِكٌ أَجارَ الدِّينَ مَوْقِفُهُ

بالسيفِ بَيْنَ الخَيْلِ والرَّجْلِ

A king whose stance has protected religion

With the sword amid horses and infantry

وأَجارَ خلقَ اللهِ فاعْتَرَفُوا

عِوَضاً من الأَوْطَانِ والأَهْلِ

And has protected God's creation, so they confessed

Compensation for homelands and families

وَوَفَتْ بعهدِ العِلْمِ ذِمَّتُهُ

إِذ لَمْ يُضَيِّعْ مثلُهُ مِثْلِي

And his pledge of knowledge has been fulfilled

Since the likes of him does not fail the likes of me