رفقاً بنفسك أنني رجل

رفقاً بنفسك أنني رجل

لا بغض في قلبي لمن جهلوا

لا بغض في قلبي لمن جهلوا

Be gentle with yourself—for I am a man

Be gentle with yourself, for I am a man.

with no hatred in my heart for one who acts in ignorance.

There is no hatred in my heart for those who acted ignorantly.

حسن الكراهة في تبادلها

حسن الكراهة في تبادلها

لا أن ينوء بثقلها رجل

لا أن ينوء بثقلها رجل

Whatever beauty hatred has lies in its being exchanged,

The beauty of hatred lies in its being mutual,

not in one man staggering beneath its weight.

Not in a man staggering beneath its weight.

قاتل الذين إذا ثلبتهم

قاتل الذين إذا ثلبتهم

أضنى نفوسهم بك الشغل

أضنى نفوسهم بك الشغل

Fight those who, when you revile them,

Fight those who, when you revile them,

have their souls worn away by preoccupation with you.

Have their souls worn out by preoccupation with you.

إني لآنف أن أسف إلى

إني لآنف أن أسف إلى

أمرٍ سيعبني له خجل

أمرٍ سيعبني له خجل

I am too proud to sink to

I am indeed too proud to stoop to

a deed after which shame would overtake me.

A deed for which shame would reproach me.