نُبئتُ كلباً هاب رميي له

نُبئتُ كلباً هاب رميي له

ينبحني من موضع نائي

ينبحني من موضع نائي

I was told that a dog who feared my pelting him

I was told you're a dog who flees my throwing,

barks at me from a distant place.

Barking at me from a faraway place,

لو كنت من شيءٍ هجوناك أو

لو كنت من شيءٍ هجوناك أو

لو بنت للسامع والرائي

لو بنت للسامع والرائي

If you amounted to anything, we would lampoon you—or

If I had ever slighted you in some way

if you were discernible to the listener and the onlooker.

Or done wrong in sight of watcher and witness,

فعَدِّ عن شتمي فإنّي امرؤٌ

فعَدِّ عن شتمي فإنّي امرؤٌ

حلّمني قلّةُ أكفائي

حلّمني قلّةُ أكفائي

So desist from reviling me, for I am a man

Then stop insulting me, for I'm a man

made forbearing by the scarcity of my equals.

Whose patience was taught by lack of peers.