1. وَالتاج تاج الملك

    كانَ قَليل الفَتك

    And al-Taj, Taj al-Mulk,

    was little given to deadly violence,

  2. حُراً كَريم النَفس

    كملك في القُدس

    free and noble of soul,

    like an angel in holiness,

  3. مُهَذب الشَّمائل

    مُقَدس الخَصائل

    refined in character,

    pure in his qualities,

  4. موطأ الأَكناف

    لَيسَ بِذي اِعتِساف

    gentle and approachable,

    not given to arbitrary oppression.

  5. ما سل قَط سَيفا

    وَلا اِستَثارَ حيفا

    He never once drew a sword,

    nor stirred up injustice.

  6. مُهَذب السريره

    أعدل وَال سيره

    Refined in his inward nature,

    the most just governor in conduct,

  7. لا يَعرف القَساوه

    لَيسَت لَهُ عَداوه

    he knew no harshness;

    he harbored no enmity.

  8. يُفَرق في المَنام

    من مشرط الحِجام

    He was frightened in his sleep

    by the cupper's lancet.

  9. يَرحَم مَن يَقتَصد

    بسيء لا يَقصد

    He showed mercy to whoever acted moderately;

    he intended no evil.

  10. برفقه يَدين

    وَقَتل المَسكين

    He took his gentleness as his creed,

    and the poor man was killed.

  11. وَإِنَّما قيل قتل

    فَصل مِنهُ ما وَصَل

    And all that was said was: 'He was killed';

    what had been joined was severed from him,

  12. لِيَعلم اللبيب

    أَن القَضا عَجيب

    so that the discerning might know

    that fate is strange,

  13. وَإِن للقَصاص

    يَوماً يَسوء العاصي

    and retribution indeed has

    a day that brings the sinner grief.

  14. وَأَمر هَذي الدار

    بِلا اِختِبار جار

    And the affairs of this world

    run on without examination;

  15. لَيسَ بِها جَزاء

    لكنها اِبتِلاء

    there is no recompense in it,

    but it is a trial.