1. وَبي أَملٌ أَنّي أَسودُ وَكَيفَ لا

    وَآل بُويهٍ بَعدَ فَقرِهم سادوا

    I hope that I shall become a lord—and why not,

    When the house of Buwayh rose to power after their poverty?

  2. وَأَحكمُ في أَهلِ الزَّمانِ كَما أَشا

    وَأَملِكُ ما صانوا وأَهدِمُ ما شادوا

    And rule over the people of this age as I wish,

    And possess what they guarded and demolish what they built,

  3. وَأَفعلُ ما أَختار في كلِّ فاسِق

    مِنَ الصّيد حَتّى لا تَراهُم وَقَد بادوا

    And do whatever I choose to every wicked man

    Among the proud lords, until you see them no more—they will have perished.