1. If the one whose company you love
Turns from intimacy and is overtaken by change,
١. إذا ما تعاصى مَنْ تحبُّ لقاءَهُ
عنِ الوصلِ واستولى عليهِ التَّغيُّرُ
2. Send him a gold coin, for it is his remedy,
And it is the wonder of this world that a healer should be yellow.
٢. فأرسلْ لهُ الدينارَ فهْوَ طبيبُهُ
ومِنْ عجبِ الدنيا طبيبٌ مصفَّرُ