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People's ethics are diverse, though their spirits and bodies are alike.

الناس أخلاقهم شتى وإن جبلوا

1. People's ethics are diverse, though their spirits and bodies are alike.
For good and evil they were created, each guided by their soul's desires.

١. الناسُ أَخلاقُهُم شَتّى وَإِن جُبِلوا
عَلى تَشابُهِ أَرواح وَأَجسادِ

2. Among them is a loyal friend of pure heart and discipline,
on whom loyalty has pitched its tents with firm pegs.

٢. لِلخَير وَالشَرِّ أهلٌ وُكِّلوا بِهما
كُلٌّ لَه مِن دَواعي نفسه هادي

3. And a treacherous villain, hunched with guile,
his buried malice plain to see.

٣. منهم خَليلُ صَفاءٍ ذو محافظة
أَرسى الوَفاءُ أَواخيهِ بِأَوتاد

4. A quarrelsome hypocrite, full of mischief,
shows purity yet delivers deadly blows.

٤. وَمشعرُ الغدر مَحنيٌّ أُضالعه
عَلى سَريرة غمر غِلُّها بادي

5. He comes to you feigning goodwill but is bent
on corrupting good souls with his wickedness.

٥. مُشاكِسٌ خَدِعٌ جمُّ غَوائِلُه
يُبدي الصَفاء وَيُخفي ضربة الهادي

٦. يأتيك بالبَغي في أَهلِ الصَفاء وَلا
يَنفَكُّ يَسعى بإِصلاح لإفساد