1. Keep company with your brother though he offends,
For sincere affection rarely holds sway.
١. واصِلْ أخاكَ وإنْ أَتاكَ بِمُنْكَرٍ
فَخُلُوْصُ شيءٍ قَلَّمَا يُتَمَكَّنُ
2. Each thing has a defect while it exists,
And the lamp in its wick will smolder and smoke.
٢. ولكلِّ شيءٍ آفةٌ مَوْجُوْدَةٌ
إنَّ السِّراجَ على سَنَاهُ يُدَخِّنُ