1. They hated him, not for a sin,
While he was worthy of love.
١. أَبْغَضُوهُ لا لِذَنْبٍ
وَهْوَ بالحُبِّ خَلِيقُ
2. What fault in one outpacing
All the friends of his day?
٢. مَا لِمَنْ فَازَ بِسَبْقٍ
في بَني الدّهْرِ صَدِيقُ
3. O you envious ones, awake!
Does the braying of a mule
٣. حَسَدُوهُ أَيّها الْحُسّ
ادُ باللهِ أَفِيقُوا
4. Hurt at all the rider? No,
From the mule it's just a squeak.
٤. هَلْ يَضُرُّ الرَّاكِبَ الْبَغْ
لَ مِنَ الْبَغْلِ نَهِيقُ