ومِنَ السَّعادةِ للِّئامِ تَرَفُّعي

عن هَجْوِهِمْ لمناقبي ومَفاخري

My happiness is in ignoring the slander of fools

Who attack my virtues and my pride

فلو انْتَدبْتُ له أتَيْتُ بمُعْجزٍ

منه لفَيْضِ عُيوبهمْ وخَواطري

Were I to retaliate, I could smite him down

But I restrain myself, and take the nobler side