قالوا زهدْتَ عنِ الحك

قالوا زهدْتَ عنِ الحك

مِ قلتُ منْ حسنِ بختي

مِ قلتُ منْ حسنِ بختي

They said, “You have renounced judge-

They said, "You have renounced wisdom."

ship.” I said, “That is my good fortune:

I said, "From my good fortune -

قدْ كنتُ قاضيَ برٍّ

قدْ كنتُ قاضيَ برٍّ

فصرتُ سلطانَ وقتي

فصرتُ سلطانَ وقتي

I had been a judge of the land,

I used to be an honest judge,

and became sovereign of my own time.”

Now I am the sultan of my time."