إِن كُنتَ قَد بُلِّغتَ عَنّي سُبَّةً

إِن كُنتَ قَد بُلِّغتَ عَنّي سُبَّةً

فَالذَنبُ فيهِ لِلعَدوِّ المُفتَري

فَالذَنبُ فيهِ لِلعَدوِّ المُفتَري

If you have been told of an insult attributed to me,

If you have been told slander about me

then the blame for it lies with the slandering enemy.

Then the fault in it belongs to the slanderous enemy

أَو خَيَّلو لَكَ أَنَّ عَهدي أَبتَرٌ

أَو خَيَّلو لَكَ أَنَّ عَهدي أَبتَرٌ

فَالحُرُّ لا يَرضى بِعَهدٍ أَبتَرِ

فَالحُرُّ لا يَرضى بِعَهدٍ أَبتَرِ

Or if they have made you think that my pledge is cut short,

Or they made you think that my promise was cut off

for a noble man will not accept a pledge cut short.

But the free man does not accept a severed promise

طَبعي كَطَبعِ المُشتَري ما فيهِ مِن

طَبعي كَطَبعِ المُشتَري ما فيهِ مِن

شَوبِ فَهَل مِن مُشتَرٍ لِلمُشتَري

شَوبِ فَهَل مِن مُشتَرٍ لِلمُشتَري

My nature is like Jupiter's, free of any

My nature is like the buyer’s – there is in it no

taint; so is there a buyer for Jupiter?

Flaw, so is there a buyer for the buyer?