هذي خطوطك في كفي مشاهدةٌ

هذي خطوطك في كفي مشاهدةٌ

من خطِ غيركِ قالوا إِنه سبقا

من خطِ غيركِ قالوا إِنه سبقا

These written lines of yours are visible in my palm.

These are your lines in my palm, observed

They said that writing from someone other than you had come first.

Others said the line of another preceded

فقلت لا تسرفوا في البغي واقتصدوا

فقلت لا تسرفوا في البغي واقتصدوا

فسابق الأمر منسوخُ بَما لحقا

فسابق الأمر منسوخُ بَما لحقا

So I said: Do not go to excess in injustice; be moderate.

So I said do not transgress and be moderate

For the earlier order is superseded by what came later.

For the foremost matter is abrogated by what came after

أَظنهم باتساع الجاه قد وثقوا

أَظنهم باتساع الجاه قد وثقوا

ولم يصف جاهُ إنسان بك اعتلقا

ولم يصف جاهُ إنسان بك اعتلقا

I think they have put their trust in far-reaching influence.

I think through vast fame they became confident

And no man who clung to you has enjoyed unclouded standing.

Yet no human's fame compared to you has ever clung

وعبدك ابني قَد ضاقت مذاهبه

وعبدك ابني قَد ضاقت مذاهبه

منهم وقد عارضوه بعد ما وثقا

منهم وقد عارضوه بعد ما وثقا

And your servant, my son, has had his paths narrowed

Your servant my son their ways constricted him

Because of them—and they opposed him after he had felt secure.

After they opposed him though he was trusted