1. O Mahdi who insults me unjustly
I am not deserving when I am mentioned with insult

2. Insult refuses that I am a master and son of masters
Obeyed in heyjah, obeyed for crime

3. They granted harm upon your father and stabbed
And that which is thrown disgracefully and does not throw

4. Like a shaved in the darkness of night, belted
Saw death turning and the swords with it stabbing

5. Educated on the patterns of free white (women)
Facing the two grandfathers, glorious pillar

6. And you for skilled hands, if sold
Would not have come with a spear or arrow

7. And I am upon what was the first of firsts
Upon it is the palm produced for the palm

8. And I honor myself from a lowly matter
With which I protect my honor and console my words

9. And I pardon whoever, if I wished, I would repay him
But my rationality prevents me and my patience reaches me

10. And I forgive the master even if of great
Transgression, it does not narrow within my body

11. So these are my actions as long as I remain
Entrusted with them are my consequence, my people, and my kin