إِن يَحسُدوني فَإِنّي غَيرُ لائِمِهِم
قَبلي مِنَ الناسِ أَهلُ الفَضلِ قَد حُسِدوا
As for those who envy me, I do not blame them;
before me, men of merit among mankind were envied.
فَدامَ لي وَلَهُم ما بي وَما بِهِمُ
وَماتَ أَكثَرُنا غَيظاً بِما يَجِدُ
So may what is in me and what is in them endure—mine for me, theirs for them;
and may whichever of us is more enraged die of what he feels.
أَنا الَّذي وَجَدوني في حُلوقِهِمُ
لا أَرتَقي صَعَداً مِنها وَأُزدَرَدُ
I am the one they have found lodged in their throats,
neither rising out of them nor being swallowed down.
وَما أُؤَمِّلُ مِن أَمرٍ يَسوؤُهُمُ
إِلّا وَعِندي لَهُم مِن مِثلِهِ مَدَدُ
There is nothing I hope to achieve that vexes them
but I have more of its kind in reserve for them.
Sol 5.6