1. إِن عَذُبَ المَينُ بِأَفواهِكُم

    فَإِنَّ صِدقي بِفَمي أَعذَبُ

    If falsehood is sweet in your mouths,

    then my truth is sweeter in my mouth.

  2. طَلَبتُ لِلعالَمِ تَهذيبَهُم

    وَالناسُ ما صُفّوا وَلا هُذِّبوا

    I sought refinement for the people of the world,

    yet people have been neither purified nor refined.

  3. سَأَلتُ مَن خالَفَ عَن دينِهِ

    فَأَعوَزَ المُخبِرُ لا يَكذِبُ

    I asked a dissenter about his religion,

    but a truthful informant was nowhere to be found.

  4. وَأَكثَروا الدَعوى بِلا حُجَّةٍ

    كُلٌّ إِلى حَيِّزِهِ يَجذبُ

    And they made many claims without proof;

    each draws others toward his own sphere.