إنَّ الوزيرَ أبي عُسري فأورَدَني

إنَّ الوزيرَ أبي عُسري فأورَدَني

مِن بَعدِ مطْلٍ طويل مُتعبٍ نَطَفا

مِن بَعدِ مطْلٍ طويل مُتعبٍ نَطَفا

Indeed, the vizier would not brook my hardship, so he led me—

The minister Abu Usrei has led me,

After a long, exhausting delay—into ruin.

After a long and weary absence, to return

أجرى برسمي عشرينيةً أمَما

أجرى برسمي عشرينيةً أمَما

وسامَني مع عُسري نِيَّةً قذَفَا

وسامَني مع عُسري نِيَّةً قذَفَا

He assigned me a modest allowance of twenty,

Twenty years have flowed under my official stamp,

And burdened me, despite my hardship, with a far-off journey.

Yet he has honored me along with Usrei, casting intent.