لَو أُنشِرَت رِمَمُ القُضاةِ تَجَمَّلَت

لَو أُنشِرَت رِمَمُ القُضاةِ تَجَمَّلَت

أَيّامُهُم بِوَكالَةِ اِبنِ سَوارِ

أَيّامُهُم بِوَكالَةِ اِبنِ سَوارِ

Were the judges’ crumbling remains resurrected, adorned would be

If the splendour of judges were to be unveiled

their days by the advocacy of Ibn Sawar.

Their days would be adorned through the agency of Ibn Sawwar

بَطَلٍ يَكُرُّ عَلى الخُصومِ بِمَقوَلٍ

بَطَلٍ يَكُرُّ عَلى الخُصومِ بِمَقوَلٍ

عَضبٍ وَيَحمِلُ حَملَةَ الإِسوارِ

عَضبٍ وَيَحمِلُ حَملَةَ الإِسوارِ

A champion who charges at his opponents with a tongue

A hero who scowls at opponents with utterance

sharp, and charges like a mounted warrior.

Of anger and carries the burden of authority

تَزدانُ أَبوابُ المُلوكِ بِه كَما

تَزدانُ أَبوابُ المُلوكِ بِه كَما

زانَ اليَدَ الحَسناءَ لُبسُ سِوارِ

زانَ اليَدَ الحَسناءَ لُبسُ سِوارِ

Kings’ gates are adorned by him, just as

Royal courts are graced by him as is

wearing a bracelet adorns a lovely hand.

A fair hand graced by a bracelet

فَلَأَرفَعَنَّ عَلى شُرَيحٍ قَدرَهُ

فَلَأَرفَعَنَّ عَلى شُرَيحٍ قَدرَهُ

وَلَأَبهَجَنَّ بِهِ عَلى سَوّارِ

وَلَأَبهَجَنَّ بِهِ عَلى سَوّارِ

So I shall surely raise his rank above Shurayh’s,

Thus shall I elevate the worth of Shurayh

and I shall surely glory in him over Sawwar.

And thereby make glad the nobility over all