رفقاً بنفسك أنني رجل

لا بغض في قلبي لمن جهلوا

Be gentle with yourself—for I am a man

with no hatred in my heart for one who acts in ignorance.

حسن الكراهة في تبادلها

لا أن ينوء بثقلها رجل

Whatever beauty hatred has lies in its being exchanged,

not in one man staggering beneath its weight.

قاتل الذين إذا ثلبتهم

أضنى نفوسهم بك الشغل

Fight those who, when you revile them,

have their souls worn away by preoccupation with you.

إني لآنف أن أسف إلى

أمرٍ سيعبني له خجل

I am too proud to sink to

a deed after which shame would overtake me.