وَإِن أك حالِكاً لَوني فَإنّي

وَإِن أك حالِكاً لَوني فَإنّي

لِعَقل غَيرِ ذي سَقَط وِعاءُ

لِعَقل غَيرِ ذي سَقَط وِعاءُ

And though my complexion is jet-black, I am

Though your state makes my color change

a vessel for a mind free of error.

Yet my mind is not of those whose vessel falls

وَما نَزَلتُ بي الحاجاتِ اِلّا

وَما نَزَلتُ بي الحاجاتِ اِلّا

وَفي عَرضي مِنَ الطَمَع الحَياء

وَفي عَرضي مِنَ الطَمَع الحَياء

And never has need befallen me

Necessities have only befallen me

without modesty guarding my honor against greed.

While in my honor there remains some shame