1. By your life, I have not wronged a soul
Nor come to my people stubborn or quarrelsome

2. Neither has my disposition inclined towards an envious guide
Nor have my nature's whims pulled me to crooked paths

3. When the tongues of reproach attempt to detour me from guidance
I do not carry grudges in the palms of my hands

4. I stand firmly with the stance of the Almighty
To Him it's all the same whether distant or intimately close

5. And I cast off the necklace hastily
When a man has shackled me tight

6. I freed myself and made effort and did not say
According to so-and-so’s words, whether right or wrong

7. I did not fear in this conduct the blame of fault-finders
Who kindle rage and bare their anger

8. And I do not fear the masses if they do not approve
When they deviate from that path or slip

9. And they said he indulged in youth, you spoke true
He indulged in the cups of knowledge purely and sincerely

10. Ask the instruments about me in detail, for they
When asked, cannot conceal anything about him

11. Ask the two origins, those who traversed their depths
And ask about my knowledge of philosophy, ask in detail

12. Ask about me the interpretation and Sunnah by which
My worth became lowered among my people