أَعَبدَ اللَهِ إِن سَبَّتكَ عِرسي

تَساقَطَ بَعضُ لَحمي قَبلَ بَعضِ

I worship Allah, though you abuse me,

And pieces of my flesh fall off before others.

إِذا عِرسُ اِمرِئٍ شَتَمَت أَخاهُ

فَلَيسَ فُؤادُ شانِئِهِ بِحَمضِ

When a man's honour is abused he reviles his abuser;

But his heart has no rancour.

مَعاذَ اللَهِ أَن يَشتُمنَ رَهطي

وَأَن يَملِكنَ إِبرامي وَنَقضي

God forbid that my people should abuse me,

Or that I should control my frown and undoing.