1. My happiness is in ignoring the slander of fools
Who attack my virtues and my pride
١. ومِنَ السَّعادةِ للِّئامِ تَرَفُّعي
عن هَجْوِهِمْ لمناقبي ومَفاخري
2. Were I to retaliate, I could smite him down
But I restrain myself, and take the nobler side
٢. فلو انْتَدبْتُ له أتَيْتُ بمُعْجزٍ
منه لفَيْضِ عُيوبهمْ وخَواطري