1. ألا إن بعض الظن إثمٌ فلا تكن

    لجهلك البرية آثما

    Take heed: some suspicion is a sin, so do not be

    A sinner through your ignorance of humankind.

  2. فَعمّا قَليلٍ يَنجلي غَيهَبُ الخَفا

    وَتُصبح يا هَذا عَلى السوء نادِما

    For soon the gloom of concealment will lift,

    And you there will come to regret the wrong.

  3. وَسَوفَ تَرى أَني همامٌ مُجرّبٌ

    وَأَني أَمين لا أَخون منادما

    And you will see that I am a resolute, seasoned man,

    And that I am trustworthy, betraying no drinking companion.

  4. وَنَفسي وَإِن ذلت لديّ عَزيزة

    عَلى الغَير لا تَهوى فَخوراً مخاصما

    And my soul, though humble before me, is proud

    Before others; it loves no boastful quarreller.

  5. وَسَل إِن جهلت الناس عَني فَإِنَّني

    عَفيفٌ وَلا أَخشى عَدوّاً مُقاوما

    And if you do not know, ask people about me, for I am

    Virtuous, and I fear no enemy who opposes me.

  6. فَحتام تؤذيني بِأَمثالك الَّتي

    تُشير بِها نَحوي وَما كُنت ظالِما

    So how long will you hurt me with your proverbs, which

    You direct at me, though I have done no wrong?

  7. وَحتام تُصغي لِلحَسود وَلم تَثق

    بِقَول غَدا للصدق طرّاً ملازما

    And how long will you heed the envious man, yet not trust

    Words that are now wholly bound to truth?