ولقد أكْتُمُ هَمِّي جازِماً

وهو في القلب كأطرافِ الأسَلْ

I have concealed my worries, determined,

While in my heart they're like spearheads.

وأرى الآرابَ عن مسألةٍ

وعِتابٍ هي أدْنى وأقَلْ

Yet I see the Arabs questioning

Reproaches that are base and trivial.

واذا سنَّ ليَ الصَّمتَ النُّهى

قال غيري ومَقالي لم يُذَلْ

And if the Law has banned silence for me,

Another has spoken, my words undefiled.

وجُنونُ العَزْمِ قد عَوَّذهُ

حُبُّ شمس المِلَّةِ السامي المحلْ

Love of the lofty faith's shining sun

Has made this resolute madness wholesome.

فاذا ما غَضَبٌ ساوَرَني

طلَعَ الحُبُّ عليه فاضْمحلْ

So if rage comes over me,

Love rises against it, and it fades away.

فاعلٌ من غيرِ قوْلٍ كَرَماً

غير ممْطولٍ واِنْ قالَ فَعَلْ

A doer, generously, without speaking,

Not dragging his feet, even saying: "I did".

ودُّهُ والعهْدُ اِذْ يبْذلُهُ

خَلَصا منْ شوبِ عُذْرٍ ومللْ

His love and troth-plight when he gives them

Sincere, without the flaw of excuse or boredom.

كلما أوسِعَ عَذْلاً في النَّدى

زادَ في ردِّهِ نُعْماهُ العَذَلْ

The more he is reproached unfairly,

The more his bounty swells, freely reproached.