أَن يَجحَدِ الحُسّادُ فَضلي فَما

أَن يَجحَدِ الحُسّادُ فَضلي فَما

يُخفيهِ بَينَ الناسِ أَن يَجحَدوهْ

يُخفيهِ بَينَ الناسِ أَن يَجحَدوهْ

The envious may deny my merit, yet it is not

That enviers deny my merit - no surprise;

concealed among the people by their denying it.

Among mankind what they deny is recognized.

بَل هُم بِهِ أَدرى الوَرى أَنَّهُم

بَل هُم بِهِ أَدرى الوَرى أَنَّهُم

لَو جَهِلوا فَضليَ لَم يَحسدوهْ

لَو جَهِلوا فَضليَ لَم يَحسدوهْ

Rather, they know it best of all humankind, for they

Indeed, of all creation they best know

would not have envied it had they been ignorant of my merit.

That, did they not know my merit, they'd not envy it.