لا رَعى اللّهُ مَن إلى

قول واشٍ لنا صغى

The Lord shall not tend to him who lends an ear

To the words of every slanderous backbiter.

كلَّ يومٍ يطغى ويظ

لِمُ من لم يكن طغى

Each day he is transgressive and harsh

Toward him who has never been so.

وإذا أقلَقَ الجوا

نِحَ شُغلٌ تفرّغا

And when grief disturbs my soul

I find rest in being preoccupied.

قد أطعتُمْ وما أطعْ

تُ نَموماً مبلّغا

I have obeyed you, but not

Obeyed the talebearer as informer.

أنا منكمْ من بعد سِلْ

مٍ عهدناهُ في وغى

I am one of you - one with whom after

Much time you made a pact in difficulty.

حاشا للّه أنْ أُكا

فِئَ بالبغي مَن بغى

God forbid that I should retaliate

With tyranny against the tyrant.

لنْ تراني وإنْ لُدِغ

تُ بسوءٍ مُلَدِّغا

You will not see me, though you be stung

By evil, retaliate likewise.

وعتابي بالصّفح عم

مَن جنى كان أبلغا

And my reproach is most eloquent

In forgiving him who has committed wrong.