وَلي مَولىً أَساءَ فَلَم أَسِمهُ

بِمَيسَمِ مَن أَساءَ وَلَم أُسَمِّه

I have a master who did me wrong, but I will not name him

With the traits of one who did wrong while I do not name him

وَقَد عَجِبَ الوَرى وَاللَهُ يُبقي

لِيَ الإِحسانَ مِن عَدلي وَظُلمِه

The world is amazed, and Allah will maintain

For me the kindness from his justice and injustice

أُعَرِّضُ بِالمِطالِ وَما جَناهُ

فَيَمزُجُهُ وَيَأخُذُني بِجُرمِه

I turn away using excuses, and that which he attained from me

He mixes it and takes me for his crime

وَيَحسِبُني أَخَذتُ المَطلَ عَنهُ

فَها أَنا ضارِبٌ فيهِ بِسَهمِه

And he thinks I have taken the excuses from him

Yet here I am, striking him with his own arrow

فَلا تَركَن إِلى صَبري وَمَيلي

عَلى نَفسي وَلَو كُنتُ اِبنَ أُمِّه

So do not rely on my patience and my inclination

Upon myself even if I were his mother's son

فَقَد يَعدو الحَميمُ عَلى أَخيهِ

فَيَأخُذُ حَقَّهُ مِنهُ اِبنُ عَمِّه

For intimacy may attack its brother

So the cousin takes his right from him