ومولىً يجرُّ الشرَّ لي غيرَ مؤْتَلِ

ويجني فيمضي وهْو عني بمعزلِ

And one bound to me drags harm my way, sparing no effort;

He commits the wrong, then passes on, remaining far removed from me.

إذا كانَ زنداً كنتُ مِسعارَ نارِهِ

وكم قادحٍ ناراً لآخَر مُصطلي

If he is a firestick, I become the stirrer of his flame;

How often one man strikes a fire for another to bear its heat.