صرت أرجو بأن تكون المرجى

وبان يبدل الهجا لك مدحا

I have come to hope that you will be the hoped-for one,

And that satire will be changed for me into praise.

تلك كف قد اكتفت واكتفينا

فرأينا أن نعقب الصفع صفحا

That hand has had enough, and so have we;

So we resolved to follow the slap with forgiveness.