1. The envious one's affliction is his envy
According to the envious one, his troubles are enough punishment
١. إن الحسود بلاؤه حسده
حسب الحسود معاقبا نكدُه
2. The sin of the envied one is with his envier
What a good God, yet his doom is being skinned
٢. ذنب المحسّد عند حاسده
نعم الإله وحتفهُ جلده
3. And the greatest defeat of the envious one is a hand
That gave to him, and its hand did not harm you
٣. واشدّ ما أغزى الحسود يدٌ
سلفت إليه ولم تعذك يدُه
4. May what the envious envied turn against him
May that be enough of him for you, and suffice as his folly
٤. يوليكَ ما حسد الحسود لهُ
يكفيك منه وحسبه كمده