املة اللئًه
قل بما شئت في مسـبة عرضي             فسكوتي عـن المئيـم جـواب
ما أنا عــادم الجــواب ولكن               ما ضر الأسدأن تجيب الكالب
 
Dealing with the Wicked
Say what you wish in attacking my honor
My silence to the wicked, is sufficient a sound
It is not that I am lacking a reply but
The lion is not in need of responding to hounds
(Poem of Imam Shafi)