1. Your brother who, if absent, benefits you
With all his might and effort, and you his intercessor are

2. If you two are in a dilemma, you are together
With generosity that has saved you from its greed

3. As for the one whose outward speech pleases you
Yet inwardly he assails you with misfortunes

4. He whom God will not bring near his abode
Nor will you hear good tidings reach his ears

5. If pure affection has eluded you, then let
Your brother be one whose benefits all people enjoy

6. In his lines gleam verses that the soul's Maker
Has rendered profound, a stronghold for the self

7. He is your true brother in every abode
If the love you pursue becomes corrupted

8. You rejoice if you spend it on worthy faces
When the abject hoarder gathers his riches