1. تخاطبني بلا كرمٍ وحلمٍ

    فأحتملُ الأذى كرماً وحلما

    You address me with neither magnanimity nor forbearance;

    so I endure the hurt out of magnanimity and forbearance.

  2. ولو حَسُنَ الجوابُ لكانَ عندي

    جوابٌ يسمعُ الصخرَ الأصما

    And were a reply fitting, I would have

    a reply that would make deaf rock hear.