قَالُوا يُعَادِيكَ جَميعُ الْوَرَى

وأَنْتَ لا تَخْشَى ولا تَفْزَعُ

They said, all people are against you

Yet you do not fear or waver

فَقُلْتُ لا الدُّنْيا يَصُدُّونَها

عَنّي ولا الأخْرَى ولا يَنْفَعا

So I said, they cannot prevent

The world or the hereafter from me, nor benefit

إن بَزّهُمْ شَيْئاً ذُبابٌ فَما

في وُسْعِهِمْ إرْجاعُ ما يَنْزِعُ

If they injure me, they are but flies, so they

Cannot restore what they take away

أَأَتْرُكُ الْحَقَّ ونَهْجَ الْهُدَى

إنْ مَزّقُوا عِرْضِيَ أَوْ قَعْقَعُوا

Shall I leave truth and the path of guidance

If they shred my honor or clamor?

إذن فَلا كُنْتُ ولا كَانَ لِي

بِرَوْضِ عِلْمٍ للهُدَى مَرْتَعُ

Then I would not have been, nor would there be for me

In the garden of knowledge, a place to graze

والْجَهلُ قَدْ كانَ بِهِ رَاحَةٌ

مِنْ عِلْمِ مَنْ في باطِلٍ يْخضَعُ

And ignorance would have been a comfort

From the knowledge of one who submits to falsehood