فَيا شامِتاً مَهلاً فَكَم مِن شَماتَةٍ

فَيا شامِتاً مَهلاً فَكَم مِن شَماتَةٍ

تَكونُ لَها العُقبى لِقاصِمَةِ الظَهرِ

تَكونُ لَها العُقبى لِقاصِمَةِ الظَهرِ

So, O you who gloat, hold back—for many an act of gloating

So spare your glee, don't be so quick to gloat,

ends in a calamity that breaks the back.

For she who breaks another's back may have her own spine broken yet.