1. For how many a bosom friend, if
I count him alone as friend,
١. وَلربّ خِدن كانَ إِن
عُدّ الصَديق يُعَدّ وحده
2. Some mood uplifts him to a rank
Whereafter I condemn his contract,
٢. رفعته حالٌ رُتبَةً
مِن بَعدِها فَذممتُ عهده
3. And oh how many a comrade, Time,
Has shown him to me and proved his pain.
٣. وَالدَّهرُ كَم مِن صاحِب
اِبتَزّنيه ثُمَّ رَدَّه