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No virtue has he whose promises are swift,

وما فضل من كانت سريعا عداته

1. No virtue has he whose promises are swift,
Nor he who, if you seek a pledge, is niggardly.

١. وَما فَضلُ مَن كانَت سَريعاً عِداتُهُ
وَمَن هُوَ إِن طالَبتَهُ الوَعدَ ما طِلُهْ

2. Whose only promise is a lightning flash,
Or thunder rolling in a driving storm.

٢. وَمَن إِنَّما مَوعودُهُ بَرقُ خُلَّبٍ
أَوِ الآلُ مُنفِيّاً بِفَيفاءَ جائِلُهْ

3. Hopes such as these are like a meteor’s gleam—
Fair fallacies, where nothing real smiles.

٣. أَمانِيُّ تُرجى مِثلَ ما راحَ عارِضٌ
مِنَ المُزنِ لا يُندي حِسانٌ مخائِلُهْ