سَمحْتُ بَيْعاً لِمَمْلُوكٍ يُعانِدُني

وَلَوْ تَعدَّى عِنَادِي ما تَعدَّاني

I allowed the sale of a slave who defies me

Even if his defiance exceeded mine, it would not exceed me

قالُوا أَيُنْسَبُ لِلْعِلانِ قُلْتَ لَهُمْ

مَا كُنْتُ بائِعَهُ لَوْ كَانَ عَلَّاني

They said, does he belong to the open minded? I said to them

I would not have sold him if he had enlightened me