قل للحسود وذي الجهل الّذين غدوا

كلُّ إذا ما رأوا فضلي بدا ستره

Tell those who envy and the ignorant ones who have become

Each time when they see my superiority, their curtains are drawn

ما ضرّ شمس العلى إن عمّها سحب

ببلدة وبباقي الأرض مُنتشرهُ

The high sun is not harmed if clouds envelope it

In one town while its light spreads through the rest of the earth