1. I did not excessively slander and lie,
Nor did I prolong what is unlawful or shorten what's right.

2. He abandoned shame before God openly,
And spread indecency among the chaste.

3. Poor soul, may God forgive him his sin,
For he has uttered fabricated talk.

4. He strove and adopted every ugliness that was not there before.
Oh, the schemes he has hatched, the havoc he has wreaked!

5. I have been afflicted with foolish lads
Among whom no mature, wise man exists.

6. Like beasts whose evil you are spared by your Lord
If outwardly they show goodness, while inwardly nursing evil.

7. We both had an assembly there,
Where I was fair to them, and did not fall short.

8. I gave them what they had never given,
They were content, saying I should be thanked.

9. From them in writing I took testimony,
And left them happily, cheerfully.

10. I presented it to the minister Muhammad,
Who read it and pondered what he read.

11. And put his right hand under the pillow,
And brought out a document contrary to that.

12. They said we lied in the testimony first,
And the truth, take it from the witnesses last.

13. He punished men who confessed they
Had lied. Who testifies falsely deserves punishment.

14. Is this the trait of honorable, high-minded men?
Where is the care, where is the shame from disgrace?

15. So I was silent about them and shunned their talk,
Estranged - and it's right for the likes of them to be shunned.

16. And today they have come up with a plot
To take an unwary man by surprise, who knows naught.

17. I swear by the Lord of the worlds, Ahmad
Is more righteous and forbearing than anyone on earth.

18. If they lessen their complaints, he might speak up,
For suspicion grows in a youth if they increase.

19. By himself he took on the burdens of rule,
And protected the lands, governing and planning.

20. He strove and when he strove was not timid,
He threw and when he threw was no shirker.

21. In securing peace from enemies he succeeded,
Or in fighting enemies he was victorious.