لَو أُنشِرَت رِمَمُ القُضاةِ تَجَمَّلَت

أَيّامُهُم بِوَكالَةِ اِبنِ سَوارِ

If the splendour of judges were to be unveiled

Their days would be adorned through the agency of Ibn Sawwar

بَطَلٍ يَكُرُّ عَلى الخُصومِ بِمَقوَلٍ

عَضبٍ وَيَحمِلُ حَملَةَ الإِسوارِ

A hero who scowls at opponents with utterance

Of anger and carries the burden of authority

تَزدانُ أَبوابُ المُلوكِ بِه كَما

زانَ اليَدَ الحَسناءَ لُبسُ سِوارِ

Royal courts are graced by him as is

A fair hand graced by a bracelet

فَلَأَرفَعَنَّ عَلى شُرَيحٍ قَدرَهُ

وَلَأَبهَجَنَّ بِهِ عَلى سَوّارِ

Thus shall I elevate the worth of Shurayh

And thereby make glad the nobility over all