1. أَيَظلِمُ عينْ شيناً ولي مِنهُ حافظٌ

    يردّ بِسَيف العَدل كُلَّ المَظالمِ

    Can ʿAyn wrong Shīn when I have a protector against him,

    Who repels all wrongs with the sword of justice,

  2. وَبِالحَق يَقضي في قَضيتيَ الَّتي

    رَمانيَ فيها بِالجَفا وَالمَغارم

    And judges my case justly—the case in which

    He assailed me with harshness and financial penalties?

  3. وَذَلِكَ مِنهُ ناشئٌ عَن تحزبٍ

    عَليّ لأَمرٍ كشفُه غَيرُ لازم

    And that conduct of his stems from partisanship

    Against me, over a matter whose disclosure is unnecessary.

  4. خُصوصاً وَإِني في تَليدٍ وَطارفٍ

    حَسيبٌ عَلى عَلياك يا اِبن الأَكارم

    Especially since, in what is inherited and newly acquired,

    I am of noble standing before your eminence, O son of noble men.

  5. فَخُذ بِيَدي وَاردُد عليّ ظلامتي

    وَعجِّل فَإِني طامع في المَراحم

    So take me by the hand and restore what was unjustly taken from me,

    And hasten, for I hope for acts of mercy.

  6. وَيَكفي بِأَني طالعِندَه

    وَعاقبني مثل البَهائم

    And it suffices that I [unclear wording] with him,

    And he punished me like the beasts.