1. قل للزنادقِ عنّي

    قَولا هو السيفُ أُمضيهِ

    Say to the heretics on my behalf

    a saying that is the sword I sharpen:

  2. أرسلتُ شِعري فيكم

    يغزوكم بَقَوافيه

    I sent forth my verse among you;

    it raids you with its rhymes.

  3. صَدعت لله فيه

    بالحق والحقُّ يُرضيه

    In it, for God's sake, I spoke out

    with the truth, and the truth pleases Him.

  4. كم ظاميء لكلامي

    يَرويه عَجباً فَيرويه

    How many a soul thirsts for my words,

    recites them in admiration, and they quench his thirst!

  5. وكم غَليل فؤاد

    بصحة القول يَشفيه

    And many a parched heart

    it heals through the soundness of its words.

  6. وراكبٍ لهواه

    عَساه يَوماً سَيُثنيه

    And many a rider of his own desire—

    perhaps one day it will turn him back.

  7. لعلّكم ان تَقولوا

    فإنكّم أهل تَمويه

    Perhaps you will say—

    for you are people of deception—

  8. من كانَ جاهِلَ شيء

    لا يَزالُ يُعاديه

    "Whoever is ignorant of something

    never ceases to oppose it."

  9. هَيهاتِ بغضيَ فيكم

    في الله والله يَدرِيه

    Far from it! My hatred toward you

    is for God's sake, and God knows it.

  10. وذلكَ العِلمُ عِندي

    لا خيرَ فيكم ولا فِيه

    And that knowledge, in my view—

    there is no good in you, nor in it.