قُلْ للوَزير الذي أضحَتْ خلائِقُهُ

قُلْ للوَزير الذي أضحَتْ خلائِقُهُ

كأنَّها مُستعاراتٌ من المَلَكِ

كأنَّها مُستعاراتٌ من المَلَكِ

Say to the vizier whose virtues now seem

Tell the minister, whose qualities

as though borrowed from an angel:

Seem borrowed from an angel,

قَدْرُ الرَّجاءِ وإنْ جلَّتْ مقادِرُهُ

قَدْرُ الرَّجاءِ وإنْ جلَّتْ مقادِرُهُ

فيما وهبْتَ كقَدْرِ الأرضِ في الفَلَكِ

فيما وهبْتَ كقَدْرِ الأرضِ في الفَلَكِ

The measure of hope, however great its extent,

Though great his power and hopes sublime,

beside what you have bestowed, is like the earth’s size in the celestial sphere.

How small is earth against the sky's expanse.