1. عجبت من خبزي كم حل في

    بطن فجازى الخبز بالقبح

    I marvel at my bread—how often it has lodged in

    a belly, only for its eater to repay the bread with foulness,

  2. وسامني السوء على اكله

    كأنه خبز بلا ملح

    and inflict harm on me in return for eating it,

    as though it were bread without salt.

  3. والحمد لله فكم خائن

    قابلته بالعفو والصفح

    And praise be to God—how many a traitor

    I have treated with pardon and forgiveness!