 was a man who had few envious people until i held fast to your bond held fast to your rope and sought refuge in your shade. then the envious people piled up and crowded around me and they shot their arrows at me from every direction and horizon and they followed one another against me like a veil following a buyer of honey. and if they are many then my brothers have increased with the blowing of your scent and my friends with the freshness of your days and the flower of your state. and i am as you said
وكنت امرأ قليل الحساد حتى اعتصمت بعروتك، واستمسكت بحبلك واستذريت في ظلك، فتراكم على الحساد وازدحموا، ورموني بسهامهم من كل أوب وأفق، وتتايعوا علي تتايع الدثر على مشتار العسل. ولئن كثروا لقد كثر بهبوب ريحك إخواني، وبنضرة أيامك وزهرة دولتك خلاني. وأنا كما قلت