إِن كُنتَ قَد بُلِّغتَ عَنّي سُبَّةً

فَالذَنبُ فيهِ لِلعَدوِّ المُفتَري

If you have been told slander about me

Then the fault in it belongs to the slanderous enemy

أَو خَيَّلو لَكَ أَنَّ عَهدي أَبتَرٌ

فَالحُرُّ لا يَرضى بِعَهدٍ أَبتَرِ

Or they made you think that my promise was cut off

But the free man does not accept a severed promise

طَبعي كَطَبعِ المُشتَري ما فيهِ مِن

شَوبِ فَهَل مِن مُشتَرٍ لِلمُشتَري

My nature is like the buyer’s – there is in it no

Flaw, so is there a buyer for the buyer?