سأُحمِّل الشمسَ المنيرةَ والضُّحى

سأُحمِّل الشمسَ المنيرةَ والضُّحى

والليلَ والقمرَ المنيرَ رسَائِلي

والليلَ والقمرَ المنيرَ رسَائِلي

I shall entrust the shining sun and the morning light

I will load the radiant sun, the bright dawn,

And the night and the shining moon with my letters.

The night, and the radiant moon with my messages.

ما بال سيف الدولةِ الملكِ اغتدى

ما بال سيف الدولةِ الملكِ اغتدى

وهو الوسيلةُ لى يردُّ وسائِلي

وهو الوسيلةُ لى يردُّ وسائِلي

Why has Sayf al-Dawla, the king, come to

Why has the sword of the state, the king, transgressed?

Reject my intermediaries, though he is my recourse?

He is my conduit to return my pleadings.

قكأَننى قلتُ الكواكبُ مثله

قكأَننى قلتُ الكواكبُ مثله

أَو قلت انَّ الرزقَ ليسَ بجاهِلِ

أَو قلت انَّ الرزقَ ليسَ بجاهِلِ

As though I had said the stars were his equal,

As if I said the planets are like him,

Or said that sustenance is not ignorant.

Or said sustenance is not ignorant.