كُتبُ الأمير كتائبٌ في المَعْرَكَهْ

كُتبُ الأمير كتائبٌ في المَعْرَكَهْ

والرّأيُ مِنُ طَبيبُ داءِ المَمْلَكَهْ

والرّأيُ مِنُ طَبيبُ داءِ المَمْلَكَهْ

The prince’s writings are battalions in battle.

The prince's writings were regiments in battle

And judgment from [him] is the physician of the kingdom’s ailment.

And opinion was the remedy for the kingdom's malady

وإذا رمى بالظَّنِّ أمراً مُشكِلاً

وإذا رمى بالظَّنِّ أمراً مُشكِلاً

أضحَتْ سُتورُ الغَيبِ عنهُ مُهَتَّكَهُ

أضحَتْ سُتورُ الغَيبِ عنهُ مُهَتَّكَهُ

And when he aims his conjecture at a perplexing matter,

When faced with a perplexing matter

The veils of the unseen are torn away from it.

The curtains obscuring the unseen were torn apart