1. Perhaps time has worn you out,
And made you firmer in resolve and heart.

2. And when your glances fall on swords,
You quiver in awe and overflow with fear.

3. How could that be when you are blind to my words?
Had you seen him, you would have seen flames.

4. I excuse you, for you are the basest of men in origin,
And the most despicable in rank, the weakest in side.

5. You are, in my eyes, too petty for me to frighten you,
Or to wage war on you.

6. Does it astonish me that you assail me and my dedication to God's Messenger?
He who pelted the heavens, no wonder

7. That it is said, he spat in the full moon's face.
For if you lampooned, you lampooned a lion,

8. While if I lampoon you, I lampoon a dog.