1. Be patient if time wounds you, and who
Is more patient with time than his feet?
١. اِصبِر إِذا عَضَّكَ الزَمانُ وَمَن
أَصبَرُ عِندَ الزَمانِ مِن رَجُلِه
2. Do not disgrace yourself for a friend - honor him
Until you are counted among his fools.
٢. وَلا تُهِن لِلصَديقِ تُكرِمُهُ
نَفسَكَ حَتّى تُعَدَّ مِن خَوَلِه
3. He loads his burdens upon you as
He loads his burdens upon his camel.
٣. يَحمِلُ أَثقالَهُ عَلَيكَ كَما
يَحمِلُ أَثقالَهُ عَلى جَمَلِه
4. You are not his brother competing with him, do not
Overlook what comes from his mistakes.
٤. وَلَستَ مُستَبقِياً أَخاً لَكَ لا
تَصفَحُ عَمّا يَكونُ مِن زَلَلِه
5. The youth is not one who turns away from
Promises, yet the friend comes to him.
٥. لَيسَ الفَتى بِالَّذي يَحولُ عَنِ ال
عَهدِ وَيُؤتى الصَديقُ مِن قِبَلِه