1. O Ali, a companion came from whom something I do not hope for
No wise companion is ignorant except to harm him

2. Everyone who does not think of the consequences of his meanings
His matter becomes weak and his downfall rejoices over him

3. Everyone who does not make religion and reason his guide
Do not accompany him, and beware, my stingy one, befriending him

4. Everyone who does not excel in lineage or glory
Do not expect to attain him, for there is no hope in him

5. Few among people are those you should accompany and spend the night with them
You will not find a companion who keeps your secret and comprehends it

6. Other than a hypocritical companion, beware of his evil fleeing from him
He accompanies you as long as your palm is with your morsel in it

7. According as your hand is short, he comes with what he was hiding
I wish he had not seen the secret to tell it

8. Rather he adds and conveys something his eye has not limited
Where are people whose jealousy has a limit that makes him an enemy?

9. The more a person becomes honored, and wetness increases in him
His enviers increase, and his enemies multiply

10. He does not investigate or reveal what covers him
Verily this life lacks loyalty and faithfulness in it

11. It lacks gratitude, but rather its complainers have increased in it
Go along with life in its course, and flow in its streams

12. And accept from it, O Ali, its bitterness and sweetness
Whoever hears this poetry of ours, I advise him

13. Do not accompany a fool, and if you do accompany, do not contend with him
If the sweat of his brow was watered with honey

14. He would remain bitter, regretting at his demise, his pernicious deed
Then what his supplication did not fail was completed, praise be to Allah

15. And I entrust to Allah to correct the evil of my heart and guide it
Then bestow prayers upon Ahmed as long as hands make effort

16. Count what the night has passed and the wings of its darkness have turned