يا مَن عَلا شَرَفاً عَلى كيوانِ
وَرَقى مَحَلّاً دونَهُ القَمَرانِ
O you who in honor rose above Kaywān (Saturn),
and ascended to a station beneath which stand the two luminaries;
وَقَضى بِحَقٍّ في الرَعيّةِ سالِكاً
بِهِمُ طَريقاً سَنّها العُمرانِ
who judged the subjects with justice, taking
them along a path laid down by the two ʿUmars.
شِيَمُ الكِرام كما عَلِمتُ إِذا جَنى
عَبدٌ لَهُم الأَخذُ بِالغُفرانِ
The ways of the noble, as I have known, are that when
a servant wrongs them, they respond with forgiveness.
كُلٌّ يَهون سِوى شَماتَةِ حُسَّدي
لَمّا فُلانٌ يَلتَقي بِفُلانِ
Everything is bearable except the gloating of my enviers,
when one So-and-so meets another So-and-so.
هُم سَوَّدُوا حَسَداً بَياضَ صَحيفَتي
بِزَخارِفِ الأَقوالِ وَالبُهتانِ
Out of envy, they blackened the whiteness of my record
with ornate words and falsehood.
هَلّا كَفَيتَنِيَ العِدا مُتَذَكِّراً
قَولَ الأَديب عَصابة الجَرجاني
Will you not shield me from the foes, remembering
the saying of the man of letters, ʿIṣāba al-Jurjānī:
وَنقَضت مِنّي بِنيَتي وَبنَيتَنِي
بِيَدَيكَ أَحسن بنيَة البُنيانِ
“You tore down my structure and rebuilt me
with your own hands, in the finest form of construction.
فَعَلَيكَ تَقويمي إِذا ما مالَ بي
أَوَدٌ لِأَنَّكَ أَنتَ كُنتَ الباني
So it falls to you to straighten me whenever I am bent by
some crookedness, for you yourself were the builder.”
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