1. You may forget the gloating of an enemy,
But do not forget when a friend gloats over you.

2. Expecting that was possible, but this
Does not befit friendship.

3. How many a one you said of him,
"My brother, his integrity dazzles you,"

4. Until the days said about him,
And their full speech was the precise news:

5. "That friend of yours is a wolf in disguise
In his cunning he has a long lineage."

6. And whoever dire straits befall a generous man,
You endure for someone who cannot endure.

7. And praise misses the mark for a villain,
And the one fitting to blame in the world is rare.

8. And gloating comes to you from a friend -
To him ingratitude leads his she-camel.