1. كم جميل صنعته مع قوم

    صيروا ذلك الجميع قبيحا

    How many good deeds I have done for people

    who turned all of them ugly!

  2. بطباعي عملت ما أنكروه

    مثل ما ينكر السخيّ الشحيحا

    Following my nature, I did what they condemned,

    just as the generous condemn the miser.

  3. ما تعدّوا ولا تعدّيت في الفع

    ل وقد يحسد السقيم الصحيحا

    Neither they nor I overstepped in action;

    and the sick may envy the healthy.

  4. ما تعدّوا ولا تعدّت فيث الفع

    ل وقد يحسد السقيم الصحيحا

    Neither they nor she overstepped [unclear, perhaps 'in'] action;

    and the sick may envy the healthy.

  5. يعرف الفضل أهله لذوي الفض

    ل وقد يبغض الصبيح الصبيحا

    Those of merit recognize merit in its possessors,

    and the handsome may hate the handsome.

  6. مثل ما أنكرت على سالف الده

    ر فعقت بنو اليهود المسيحا

    Just as, in days long past, they denied—

    the children of the Jews—and defied the Messiah.