أَبْغَضُوهُ لا لِذَنْبٍ

وَهْوَ بالحُبِّ خَلِيقُ

They hated him, not for a sin,

While he was worthy of love.

مَا لِمَنْ فَازَ بِسَبْقٍ

في بَني الدّهْرِ صَدِيقُ

What fault in one outpacing

All the friends of his day?

حَسَدُوهُ أَيّها الْحُسّ

ادُ باللهِ أَفِيقُوا

O you envious ones, awake!

Does the braying of a mule

هَلْ يَضُرُّ الرَّاكِبَ الْبَغْ

لَ مِنَ الْبَغْلِ نَهِيقُ

Hurt at all the rider? No,

From the mule it's just a squeak.