لما سمعت بنقطة
في الخلف صارت شر هوّة
When I heard of a single dot
That, among later generations, became the worst of chasms,
حققتها فوجدتها
بين البنوّة والنبوّة
I examined it and found it
Between sonship and prophethood:
ضغن وحقد دائم
كانت لعيسى منه غنوة
Rancor and hatred without end—
Jesus had no need of it.
وهو الذي مِن نصحه
للمرء أن يهوى عدوّة
He whose very way it was
That a person should love his enemy.
لم يحكه تبّاعه
زهدا ولم يسلوا سلوّة
His followers have not imitated him
In renunciation; not once have they let go.
أتراه كان يبيحهم
أن يأخذوا الدنيا بقوّة
Can you suppose that he permitted them
To seize the world by force?
Sol 5.6