1. طَلَبتُ أَخاً في اللَهِ في الغَربِ وَالشَرقِ

    فَأَعوَزَني هَذا عَلى كَثرَةِ الخَلقِ

    I sought a brother in God in the West and the East,

    yet this eluded me, despite the multitude of people.

  2. فَصِرتُ وَحيداً بَينَهُم مُتَسَبِّراً

    عَلى الغَدرِ مِنهُم وَالمَلالَةَ وَالمَذقَ

    So I became alone among them, patiently enduring

    their treachery, their weariness, and their insincerity.

  3. أَرى مَن بِها يَقضي عَلَيَّ لِنَفسِهِ

    وَلَم أَرَ مَن يَرعى عَلَيَّ وَلا يُبقي

    I see those in it who judge against me for their own sake,

    and I have seen none who shows me consideration or spares me.

  4. وَكَم مِن أَخٍ قَد ذُقتُهُ ذا بَشاشَةٍ

    إِذا ساغَ في عَيني يَغَصُّ بِهِ حَلقي

    And many a brother, all smiles, have I tasted:

    when my eye finds him palatable, my throat chokes on him.

  5. وَلَم أَرَ كَالدُنيا وَكَشفي لِأَهلِها

    فَما انكَشَفوا لي عَن وَفاءٍ وَلا صِدقِ

    And I have seen nothing like this world; when I probed its people,

    they revealed to me neither loyalty nor honesty.

  6. وَلَم أَرَ أَمراً واحِداً مِن أُمورِها

    أَعَزَّ وَلا أَعلى مِنَ الصَبرِ لِلحَقِّ

    And I have seen not a single thing among its affairs

    more precious or loftier than patient endurance for the truth.