1. وَذَوِي ضِبابٍ مُظهِرينَ عَداوَةً

    تَملا القُلوب مُحالِفي الإِفنادِ

    And those harboring rancor, openly displaying enmity

    That fills the hearts—sworn allies of falsehood—

  2. ناسَيتُهُم بَغضاءَهُم وَتَرَكتُهُم

    وَهُم إِذا ذُكِرَ الصَديقُ أَعادي

    I feigned forgetting their hatred and left them be,

    Though, when a friend is mentioned, they are foes,

  3. كَيما أَعَدَّهُم لِأَبعَدَ مِنهُم

    وَلَقَد يُجاءُ إِلى ذَوي الأَحقادِ

    So I might hold them in reserve against those more distant than they;

    And indeed, one may turn to those who harbor grudges.