وذي وُدٍّ تَغيَّظ إذ جفاني

أبو حفصٍ فقلت له فداهُ

A friend was angered when I turned from him,

Abu Hafs, I said to him, may I ransom him,

ألم ترني وقفتُ عليه عِرضي

وأمكَنني بذلك من قَفاهُ

Did you not see me expose my honor for his sake

And give him access to my inner self?

فلستُ الدهرَ هاجِيَهُ حياتي

ولكنِّي سأهجو مَنْ هجاهُ

So I am not one to disparage life itself,

But I will disparage him who disparages me.

إذا كافأتُهُ سُوءاً بسوءٍ

فمن لِيدي ونُزهتِها سِواهُ

If I requite his evil with evil,

Who then will care for my hand and its purity but me?