1. I honor my soul too much to blame another
For any crime, though others attack his name.
١. إِني لأُكرمُ نَفسي أَن أُكَلِّفَها
هِجاءَ جَرمٍ وَلَمّا يَهجُهُم أَحَدُ
2. What can his slanderers say that harms him,
When people cannot attain what is within themselves, struggle as they may?
٢. ماذا يَقولُ لَهُم من كانَ هاجيَهُم
لا يَبلغُ النّاسُ ما فيهم وَإِن جَهَدوا