1. إن الحسود بلاؤه حسده

    حسب الحسود معاقبا نكدُه

    The envious man's affliction is his own envy.

    The envious man's misery is punishment enough for him.

  2. ذنب المحسّد عند حاسده

    نعم الإله وحتفهُ جلده

    The envied man's offense, in his envier's eyes,

    Is God's bounty; and his endurance is his doom.

  3. واشدّ ما أغزى الحسود يدٌ

    سلفت إليه ولم تعذك يدُه

    And what most incites the envious man is a helping hand

    Once extended to him, while his own hand did not protect you.

  4. يوليكَ ما حسد الحسود لهُ

    يكفيك منه وحسبه كمده

    He grants you what the envious man envies you for;

    He protects you from him; his anguish is punishment enough for him.