يأَيها المغلِظُ في قولِهِ

بل أَيُّها الجائرُ في حُكْمِهِ

O you who are harsh in your words

Rather, O you who are unjust in your rule

جُرْتَ على عبدِك في عتبهِ

الظاهر والبَاطِنِ في ذَمِّه

You have wronged your servant in his complaint

Evident and hidden in his blame

جعلتَ كلَّ الذنبِ مَعْ فعْلِهِ

جَوْراً وكُلَّ العذر مَعْ خَصْمِه

You have made every sin with his action

Injustice, and every excuse with his opponent

فَزدْتَهُ حِقْداً على حِقْدِه

عليهِ بل همّاً على همِّه

So you increased hatred over his hatred

Towards him, rather worries over his worries

حَاشَاهُ من طُلْمِكَ في عَتْبهِ

عَلَيْكَ بل حاشَاكَ منْ ظُلْمِه

He is far from your injustice in his complaint

Rather, you are far from his injustice

لا تَعْجَبَنْ للدَّهرِ في جَوْره

فما جَرَى إِلاَّ عَلى رَسْمِه

Do not be surprised by the injustice of fate

For nothing has happened except by its design