أَبا ضُبيعَةَ لا تَعجَل بِسيِّئَةٍ

إِلى اِبنِ عَمِّكَ وَاِذكُرهُ بِإِحسانِ

Abu Dhubai'ah, do not hastily judge

Your cousin's son, but think of him with kindness

أَتَترُكُ أَولادَ البَغايا وَ غَيبَتي

وَتَحبُسَني عَنهُمُ وَلا أَتَكَلَّمُ

Will you leave the children of whores and my absence

Imprison me from them, though I do not speak

أَدَعُ التَّي هِيَ أَرفَقُ الحالاتِ بي

عِندَ الحَفيظَةِ للَتي هِيَ أَجمَلُ

I leave what is most gentle in my condition

For what is most beautiful in the keeper's eyes

الظاعِنينَ عَلى العَمى قُدّامَهُم

وَالنّازِلينَ بِشَرِّ دارِ مُقامِ

Those who accuse the blind before them

And alight with evil in a house of stay

أَلَم تَعلَموا أَنّي سُويدٌ وَأَنَّني

إِذا لَم أَجِد مُستَأخِراً أَتَقَدَّمُ

Don't you know that I am perfect and that

If I do not find one lagging, I will lead

إِمّا تَراني وَأَثوابي مُقارِبَةٌ

لَيسَت بِخَزٍّ وَلا مِن نَسجِ كَتّانَ

Either you will see me and my clothes not

Of silk or linen weave