أَخوكَ الَّذي تَرضيهِ لا مَن تَوُدُّهُ

أَخوكَ الَّذي تَرضيهِ لا مَن تَوُدُّهُ

أَلا رُبَّ وُدٍّ لا يُفيدُ فَتيلا

أَلا رُبَّ وُدٍّ لا يُفيدُ فَتيلا

Your brother is the one you can please, not the one you love;

Your brother is the one you please, not the one you love.

Indeed, many a love avails not a whit.

Indeed, many a love brings not even a thread’s worth of benefit.