أغِثْ أيُّها الشَّيخُ الوزيُر فإنَّني

أغِثْ أيُّها الشَّيخُ الوزيُر فإنَّني

دُهِيتُ بما قد كنتُ قبلُ أخافُ

دُهِيتُ بما قد كنتُ قبلُ أخافُ

Help me, O venerable vizier, for I

O Sheikh the Minister, come to my aid, for

have been struck by what I had feared before.

I have been struck by that which I had feared before.

عُزِلْتُ ولم أعجَزْ ولم أكُ خائفاً

عُزِلْتُ ولم أعجَزْ ولم أكُ خائفاً

وذاكَ لإنصاف الوزير خِلافُ

وذاكَ لإنصاف الوزير خِلافُ

I was dismissed, though I had not failed and was not afraid,

I was dismissed though I did not fail, nor was I afraid,

and that is contrary to the vizier’s fairness.

And that was due to the minister's injustice.

حُذِفْتُ وغَيري مثبَتٌ في مَكانِهِ

حُذِفْتُ وغَيري مثبَتٌ في مَكانِهِ

كأنِّيَ نونُ الجَمعِ حينَ تُضافُ

كأنِّيَ نونُ الجَمعِ حينَ تُضافُ

I was struck out, while another remains in his place,

I was excluded while others kept their places,

as though I were the plural’s nūn when a construct phrase is formed.

As if I were the extra Nun in a plural word.