سَجاياك إِن عافيتَ أَندى وَأَسمَحُ

وَعذرك إِن عاقبت أَجلى وَأَوضَحُ

Your virtues, when you pardon, are more bountiful and more generous;

and your justification, if you punish, is clearer and more evident.

وَإِن كانَ بَين الخطتين مزية

فَأَنتَ مِن الأَدنى إِلى اللَه أَجنح

And if there is some distinction between the two courses,

of the two, you incline more toward the one nearer to God.

وَقال سيجزيني المَليك بفعلَتي

فَقالَ سَأَعفو عَنكَ حالاً وَأَصفح

And he said, “The king will reward me for my deed.”

So he said, “I shall pardon you at once and forgive.”