1. تُهدِّدُني بتَصارِيفها

    فأينَ المَعالي وفُرقانُها

    She threatens me with her vicissitudes.

    Where, then, are noble achievements and their criterion?

  2. وراحَتُهُ لم تزَل سُحبُها

    يسحُّ عَلى الدَّهر تَهتانُها

    And the clouds of his palm have never ceased

    pouring their rain upon time.

  3. وسُلطانُه في تَصارِيفها

    عَزيزٌ إذا عزَّ سُلطانُها

    And his power amid her vicissitudes

    is mighty when her power grows mighty.

  4. تُراها تُقاومُني بَعدَ ذا

    وقد عَظُمت وعَلا شانُها

    Do you think she can resist me after this,

    though she has grown great and her stature has risen?

  5. أبا نَصرٍ ادرِك بنصرٍ فقَد

    أتَت بالحَوادثِ أزمانُها

    O Abu Nasr, come to my aid with victory, for indeed

    her times have brought calamities.