هَجَوتُكَ غَيْرَ مُبْتَدِعٍ مَقَالاً

هَجَوتُكَ غَيْرَ مُبْتَدِعٍ مَقَالاً

سِوَى مَا فِيكَ مِنْ دَنَسٍ وَشُؤْمِ

سِوَى مَا فِيكَ مِنْ دَنَسٍ وَشُؤْمِ

I lampooned you with no fabricated claim,

My satire of you is not inventing discourse

Only the filth and ill omen within you.

Other than what in you is of vileness and ill omen

فَإِنْ تَجْزَعْ فَمِنْ خَوَرٍ وَجُبْنٍ

فَإِنْ تَجْزَعْ فَمِنْ خَوَرٍ وَجُبْنٍ

وَإِنْ تَصْبِرْ فَمِنْ ضَعَةٍ وَلُؤْمِ

وَإِنْ تَصْبِرْ فَمِنْ ضَعَةٍ وَلُؤْمِ

So if you lose heart, it is from weakness and cowardice;

So if you show cowardice, it is from abasement and cowardice

And if you endure, it is from baseness and meanness.

And if you show patience, it is from weakness and blame