عَجباً لقومٍ يحسُدونَ فضائِلي

ما بين عُتَّابٍ إِلى عُذَّالِ

How strange are people who envy my virtues

From Uttaab to Uththaal.

عتَبُوا على فضلي وذمُّوا حِكمتي

واستوحشوا من نقصِهم وكمالي

They blamed me for my excellence and defamed my wisdom,

And felt dejected by their flaws and my perfection.

إِنى وكيدَهُمُ وما نَبحُوا بهِ

كالطَوْدِ يحقرُ نطحةَ الأوعالِ

I and their plots and what they barked with

Are like the mountain that belittles the butting of lambs.

وإِذا الفتَى عرفَ الرشادَ لنفسِهِ

هانتْ عليهِ ملامةُ الجُهَّالِ

And when a young man knows what's right for himself

The blame of fools becomes trivial to him.