1. إِذا أَثنى عَليَّ المَرءُ يَوماً

    بِخَيرٍ لَيسَ فِيَّ فَذاكَ هاجِ

    If a man praises me one day

    for goodness not in me, then he is a satirist.

  2. وَحَقِيَّ إِن أَساءَ بِما إِفتَراهُ

    فَلُؤمٌ مِن غَريزَتِيَ اِبتِهاجي

    And by my right, if he does wrong through what he fabricates,

    then my delight is baseness springing from my nature.