وَحاسِدٍ مارَقَّ لمَّا رَأَى

لي حَالةً مَا مَعَها بُقْيَا

And an envier died of grief when he saw

That I enjoyed a life that death had not yet marred

قَالَ وإنَّ الحَقَّ في قَولِه

يَكفِيهِ أَنْ يَحيَا لَهُ يَحيى

He said, as truth itself bore out his words:

It suffices him that John should be alive for him