1. Neither friendship nor wiping, if it's a favor upon me,
For I am neither a friend nor a wiper.
١. مَّا الخلى والمسحُ ، إنْ كانَ منَّةً
عليَّ ، فإِنّي غَيرُ خالٍ وماسِحِ
2. As for the excuses of a friend, I will convey them,
If you are not eloquent.
٢. وأَمَّا مَعاذِيرُ الصَّدِيقِ فإِنَّني
سأَبلُغُها ، إِنْ كنتَ لَستَ بفاصِحِ
3. And one with a defect from a friend I avoided him
And another, I got along with him and he is a conceptor.
٣. وذِي مِئرةٍ مِنَ الصَّديقِ اجتنَبتُهُ
وآخرَ ، قد جاملتهُ وهوَ كاشحُ
4. I endured him deliberately, for the best, after
Weakness appeared in his leg and moderators.
٤. تحمَّلتهْ عمداً ، لأفضلَ ، بعدما
بَدَتْ اُبَنٌ في ساقِهِ وقَوادِحُ
5. And a wretched, presently, and sinister nature
I avoided, for evil, and the palms are pollinators.
٥. ومُهتَزعٍ حالاً ولُؤمَ خَلِيقةٍ
صَقَعتُ ، بِشَرِّ ، والأَكفُّ لواقِح