أَخٌ لا رَأَيتُ السوءَ فيهِ فَإِنَّني

أَخٌ لا رَأَيتُ السوءَ فيهِ فَإِنَّني

إِلى أَن تَعافى نَفسُهُ لَفَقيرُ

إِلى أَن تَعافى نَفسُهُ لَفَقيرُ

A brother—may I never see harm befall him—for I

A brother whom I have not seen evil in, I am

Am truly in need until his soul recovers.

Until his soul recovers, poor

أَعودُ فَلا أَلقاهُ فيمَن يَعودَهُ

أَعودُ فَلا أَلقاهُ فيمَن يَعودَهُ

وَيَلقاهُ عُوّادٌ سِوايَ كَثيرُ

وَيَلقاهُ عُوّادٌ سِوايَ كَثيرُ

I visit him, yet among his visitors I do not get to meet him;

I return, so I do not find him among those who return to him

And many visitors other than me meet him.

And many others visit him except me