1. لا تَشْمُتنَّ بمن أسا وهَوى

    واسْتكْفِ ربَّكَ سوءَ مُنْقلبهْ

    Never gloat over one who did wrong and fell.

    And ask your Lord to spare you the evil of his fate.

  2. إنَّ الشَّماتَة بغْيُ ذي سَفَهٍ

    جَهِلَ القضاءَ ونامَ عنْ نِوبهْ

    Indeed, gloating is the transgression of a fool

    Who was ignorant of fate and slept, heedless of its reversals.

  3. كم ظالِمٍ أحْببتُ صَرْعَتهُ

    فبكيْتُهُ ممَّا تورَّطَ بِهْ

    Many an oppressor's downfall I have wished for,

    Then wept for him over what he had become ensnared in.