ثقيلٌ عَلَى كلِّ الورى من تكبرِ

ثقيلٌ عَلَى كلِّ الورى من تكبرِ

ولو أنصفتْ ساخَت بجثمانِه الأرضُ

ولو أنصفتْ ساخَت بجثمانِه الأرضُ

He is a burden to all mankind because of his arrogance.

Heavy upon all mankind is he who is arrogant,

And were the earth just, it would swallow up his body.

And if the earth were just, it would split open with his body.

ولو علِم العاصونَ في شرِّ دارهم

ولو علِم العاصونَ في شرِّ دارهم

شريكاً لهم هذا المذمَّمُ لم يرضُوا

شريكاً لهم هذا المذمَّمُ لم يرضُوا

And if the sinners knew, in their worst abode,

And if the wicked knew, in their terrible abode,

This reviled man as their partner, they would not consent.

That this despised one was their partner, they would not be pleased.

فيا داء مَن يرنُو إلى قبحِ وجهه

فيا داء مَن يرنُو إلى قبحِ وجهه

ويا مَن على كلِّ الورى بغضهُ فرضُ

ويا مَن على كلِّ الورى بغضهُ فرضُ

So, O affliction of anyone who gazes at his ugly face,

Oh, the affliction of one who inclines towards the ugliness of his face,

And O you whom all mankind is duty-bound to hate!

And oh, the one whom hatred of all mankind has been imposed upon.

لقد ضاقَتِ الدنيا علىَّ بأسْرها

لقد ضاقَتِ الدنيا علىَّ بأسْرها

مِن أخلاقه واللوحُ والطولُ والعرضُ

مِن أخلاقه واللوحُ والطولُ والعرضُ

Indeed, the whole world has grown narrow for me

The world has indeed narrowed around me, with all its expanse,

Because of his character—as have the tablet, length, and breadth.

Because of his manners, and its length, and width, and breadth.