1. غار الإله لبيته وحريمه

    فلذاك ما حَصَبَ الذي يبغيه

    God was jealous for His House and His sacred precinct.

    Thus He pelted with stones the one who sought it

  2. بالسوءِ ثم تراه من إحسانه

    بعباده يلغي الذي يلغيه

    with evil intent; then you see Him, out of His kindness

    toward His servants, disregarding the one who disregards Him.

  3. إن اللئيم الطبعِ إنْ أكرمتَه

    لم يلتفتْ فبجورةِ يطغيه

    Indeed, one base by nature—if you honor him—

    pays no heed; so, through an act of injustice, he drives him to excess [wording unclear].