1. يا ظالِماً نَحَل الإِساءَة غيرَه

    إِنِّي لِذاكَ وَإِن عَنَفتَ لَقابِلُ

    O wrongdoer who has ascribed wrongdoing to another,

    I indeed accept that, even if you are harsh.

  2. أَمّا اللِّسانُ فَمُنصِفٌ مُتَبَدِّلٌ

    وَضَميرُ قَلبِكَ فيهِ داءٌ داخِلُ

    As for the tongue, it is fair, yet fickle;

    and your heart's depths harbor an inward sickness.

  3. فَإِذا نَطَقتَ خَصَمتَني فَكَأَنَّني

    لَكَ قاطِعٌ حَبلاً وَأَنتَ الواصِلُ

    So when you speak, you outargue me, as though I

    were severing the cord between us, while you were joining it.

  4. بِاللَّهِ رَبِّكَ هَل يَسُرُّكَ أَنَّني

    أَصبَحتُ مَقتولاً وَأَنتَ القاتِلُ

    By God, your Lord, does it please you that I

    have been slain, while you are the slayer?