1. لِيهنك أني لم أجِد لك عائباً

    سوى حاسدٍ والحاسدون كثير

    May it gladden you that I have found no one to fault you

    except an envier—and enviers are many.

  2. لَيهْنِ المعالي أنني أنا رَبُّها

    وأني متى ما رمت صعباً تيسّرا

    May the heights of honor rejoice that I am their lord,

    and that whenever I seek something difficult, it becomes easy.

  3. غذتنِيَ مذ كُنتُ النبوّةُ والهدى

    فحسبيّ أَن كانا هما لِيَ عُنصُرَا

    Prophethood and guidance have nourished me since I came to be,

    so it is enough for me that those two were my origin.

  4. فمن شاء فليحسد ومن شاء فليَدَعْ

    فلست أبالي مَن أَقَلّ وأكثرا

    So let whoever wishes envy, and whoever wishes refrain;

    for I care not who envies little or much.

  5. كفانيَ صنعُ الله في كل ظالم

    وكلّ حسودٍ في المكاره شمَّرا

    God's dealings with every wrongdoer have sufficed me,

    and every envious man who girded himself to do harm.

  6. وقد قبضتْ كفُّ المنون نفوسَهم

    وقد محقتْ منهم أُناساً ومعشرا

    And Death's hand has indeed seized their souls,

    and has indeed wiped out people and a company from among them.