وحاسد غاظه فضلي فأرغمه

خبث الطبيعة أن يوليه نكرانا

My envious rival, his excellence provoked him,

His wicked nature made him repay me with ingratitude.

يا أحقر الناس في عيني وأسمجهم

إني لآنف أن أدعوك إنسانا

O most despicable and foolish of people in my eyes,

I now refuse to call you a human.

هلا علمت بمن في الناس تحسده

لا يرتضيك لتحت النعل ميدانا

If only you knew whom among people you envy,

He would not accept you as dirt beneath his sandal.

إن كنت تجهل ضوء الشمس من حسدٍ

فليس مثلك كل الناس عميانا

If you do not see the sun's light out of envy,

Not all people are as blind as you.

فعش ذليلاً ومت ما دمت ذا كمدٍ

يشكو الضنى تارة والنار أحيانا

So live in disgrace and die suffused with resentment,

Complaining at times of poverty, at others of fire.