1. Indeed, four things hold me back from folly and foul speech,

    and from reviling other peoples—four traits:

  2. modesty, Islam, piety, and the fact that I am

    noble—and one such as I can harm or benefit.

  3. So if one day I forgive offenses while you transgress,

    it is because the staff was struck for someone other than you.

  4. How vast the gulf between you and me! Indeed, I

    remain upright in every circumstance, while you go crooked.

  5. You shout and set dogs upon me to snarl at me,

    and you embolden me in what I intended, and you embark upon it.

Sol 5.6