خيول الناس تسبق كل خيل

خيول الناس تسبق كل خيل

فما أبطا عليَّ بخيل باشي

فما أبطا عليَّ بخيل باشي

People's horses outrun every horse;

The horses of people outrun every horse

so what has made Bashi's horses so slow for me?

Yet not one was ungenerous towards me

وقالوا غش نصحاً قلت كلا

وقالوا غش نصحاً قلت كلا

كفاه الله سوء الاغتشاشِ

كفاه الله سوء الاغتشاشِ

And they said, as advice, 'He cheated.' I said, 'No—

When they called it cheating advice I said no

may God spare him the harm of suspicion.'

May God suffice the evils of cheating