إذا ذكر القضاة وهم شيوخ

تخيرت الشباب على الشيوخ

When the judges are mentioned, and they are elders

I choose the youth over the elders

ومن لم يرضَ لم أصفعه إلاّ

بحضرة سيدي القاضي التنوخي

And whoever is not pleased, I do not slap him except

In the presence of my master, the wise judge