وَلِيتُ الْحُكْمَ فَوْقَ الأَرْبَعِينا

وَذَاكَ النِّصْفُ مِنْ عُمْري يَقِينا

If only I had ruled after forty,

And half my life was surely over,

فَلَمْ يَجِدُوا لِعِرْضي قَطُّ شَيْنا

وَلاَ قَالُوا فُلانٌ قَدْ رشينا

They would have found no fault with my honor,

Nor said so-and-so's palms we did grease.