وَمِن عَجَب أَن يَدَّعي العَدلَ ظالم

فَيَدعوه قَوم عارِفا وَهوَ جاهِلُ

How strange that an oppressor claims justice,

And people who know him call him ignorant.

إِذا لَم تَكُن تَحوي المَناصب أَهلها

فَلَيسَ عَجيباً أن حَوَتها الأَراذِلُ

When positions are not filled by those qualified,

It is no wonder they are filled by the ignoble.