1. Do not be deceived and choose a companion for yourself
The evilest of souls and most wicked of natures

2. The saplings of his origin bore bitter fruit
And the seeds of brotherhood soured like him and went bad

3. He shows you his eloquent speech
Yet you find him, behind your back, maimed

4. He does not spend nights awake out of good intentions
A scoundrel's nature is one of early corruption

5. And a sponger who begs in the valley, having lost
A gazelle amid the misguided and the night travelers

6. I come visiting, though the houses resemble
My Layla, whom I named and bid farewell over the graves