وَسُمِّيتَ غيّاظاً وَلَست بِغائِظٍ

عَدواً وَلَكِنَّ الصَّديقَ تَغيظُ

You are called hot-tempered, yet you are not wrathful

An enemy, but it is your friend whom you provoke

عَدوّكَ مَسرورٌ وَذو الودِّ بِالَّذي

أَتى مِنكَ مِن غَيظٍ عَلَيكَ كَظيظُ

Your foe is delighted, and he who loves you is vexed

By the anger you show against yourself in your rage

نَسِيٌّ لما أُوليتَ مِن صالِحٍ مَضى

وَأَنتَ لِتَعدادِ الذُّنوبِ حَفيظُ

Forgetful of the good you have known in days gone by

While you keep count of sins for purpose of blame

تلينُ لِأَهلِ الغِلِّ وَالغمر مِنهُمُ

وَأَنتَ عَلى أَهل الصَّفاءِ فَظيظُ

Gentle to the deceitful and drunken, yet harsh

To the virtuous when you are in your fits of spleen

فَلا حَفِظَ الرَّحمَنُ روحَكَ حَيّةً

وَلا وَهيَ في الأَرواحِ حينَ تَغيظُ

So may the Merciful not preserve your living soul

Nor when it quits the body in its angry state