أَمَنعاً إِذا جِئتُكُم أَستَعيرُ

أَمَنعاً إِذا جِئتُكُم أَستَعيرُ

فَكَيفَ إِذا جِئتُ أَستَوهِبُ

فَكَيفَ إِذا جِئتُ أَستَوهِبُ

Do you refuse me when I come to you to borrow?

If I come to borrow from you, how can you refuse?

Then how would it be if I came asking for a gift?

Yet if I come to ask outright for a gift, how much more will you give?

وَمِثلي إِذا كانَ في مَعشَرٍ

وَمِثلي إِذا كانَ في مَعشَرٍ

فَلِلعِزِّ عِندَهُمُ مَنكِبُ

فَلِلعِزِّ عِندَهُمُ مَنكِبُ

And when one like me is among a company,

One like me, if he keeps company with the great,

Then glory has a shoulder among them.

Will be offered a place of honor among them.

يُقَرَّبُ مِثلي إِذا ما نَأى

يُقَرَّبُ مِثلي إِذا ما نَأى

وَيُكرَمُ مِثلي إِذا يَقرُبُ

وَيُكرَمُ مِثلي إِذا يَقرُبُ

One like me is brought near when he is far away,

One like me, if he withdraws into solitude,

And one like me is honored when he draws near.

Will be warmly welcomed when he returns.

عَتَبتُكَ لِلوُدِّ لا لِلقَلى

عَتَبتُكَ لِلوُدِّ لا لِلقَلى

وَواصِل صَديقاً وَما تُعتِبُ

وَواصِل صَديقاً وَما تُعتِبُ

I reproached you out of love, not hatred;

I chide you out of affection, not resentment-

And keep ties with a friend, though you make no amends.

Keep faith with your friend, do not find fault with him.