1. O you who rebuke me for my noble traits in ignorance,
I have intentionally disobeyed the words of the prohibiting chider.

2. Be brief, for you are from a people whom I have raised
In villainy, so boast of them as much as you wish or desire.

3. Poetry adorns mouths when they speak it
One day, while it may disgrace other mouths.

4. One may be granted sustenance not by his cunning,
And sustenance may be diverted from the cunning schemer.

5. My traits will never be corrupted, nor my manners,
Nor is my rope for one who has abandoned me for delusion.

6. Rather, I make lawful for my friend my pure sincerity,
And I do not forget his benefit as long as I live.

7. I am amazed by people who have no ancestry,
Who became wealthy but are not, even if they resemble the wealthy.

8. I have never attained, in wealth or poverty,
Anything but that I say for it: Praise be to God.