لا أسأل الله في جُهمانَ مسألةً

على الذي بيَ من مَقْتٍ له وقِلى

I do not ask God in distress any request

For the one who is full of hatred and animosity towards me

إلّا إعارَته عقلاً يُريه به

من بُغضه ما يراه غيرُهُ وكفى

Except to lend him a mind to show him

The hatred he sees that others do not see, and enough

فوالذي لا يُريني وجهَهُ أبداً

إلّا بشرٍّ فما لي غيرَ ذاك هوى

By Him who will never show me His face

Except with good news, so I have no other love but that

لو أبصرتْ عينه من بُغضهِ طَرَفاً

لذاب حتى تراه كالخيالِ ضَنى

If his eyes saw a glimpse of his hatred

It would melt until he sees it as a vanishing mirage