يا خير منتصف يهدى له الرّشد... ويا إماما به قد أشرق البلد تشكو إليك عميد القوم أرملة... عدّي عليها فلم يترك لها سبد وابتزّ منّي ضياعي بعد منعتها... ظلما وفرّق مني الأهل والولد
O best man to do justice who is endowed with wisdom, O leader with whose light the country has shone A widow is complaining to you about a people’s chief Who wronged her and left her without her belongings. He unjustly took property that was securely mine And my relatives and children were separated from me