مَن سَبَّني مِن ثَقيفٍ

فَإِنَّني لَن أَسُبَّه

Whoever insults me from Thaqif

Whoever among Thaqif reviles me,

I will not insult him

I shall certainly not revile him in return.

أَبَحتُ عِرضي ثَقيفاً

وَلَطمَ خَدّي وَضَربَه

I offered my honor to Thaqif

I have made my honor permissible for Thaqif,

And he slapped my cheek and hit it

And yielded my cheek to their slapping and blows.

وَكَيفَ يُنكَرُ هَذا

وَفيهُمُ لي أَحِبَّه

And how can this be denied

And how could this be denied,

When among them I have those I love

When among them are those I hold dear?

لَأوسِعَنَّ بِحِلمي

عَبدَ الحَبيبِ وَكَلبَه

I will be generous with my patience

My forbearance shall surely embrace

To the servant of the Beloved and his dog

The slave of the beloved, and even his dog.

وَلا أَكونُ كَمَن لَم

يوسِع لِمَولاهُ قَلبَه

And I will not be like one who did not

And I will not be like one who did not

Expand his heart for his Master

Make room in his heart for his friend,

فَقامَ يَدعو عَلَيهِ

وَيَجعَلُ اللَهَ حَسبَه

So he stood cursing him

But rose instead to invoke curses upon him,

And made Allah suffice for him

And called upon God to be his reckoner.