1. Buthainah said, “O Jameel, have you doubted me?”
So I said, “We both doubt, O Buthainah.”
١. بُثَينَةُ قالَت يا جَميلُ أَرَبتَني
فَقُلتُ كِلانا يا بُثَينَ مُريبُ
2. And the one who doubts us is one who does not fulfill a trust,
Nor keeps secrets when absent.
٢. وَأَريَبُنا مَن لا يُؤَدّي أَمانَةً
وَلا يَحفَظُ الأَسرارَ حينَ يَغيبُ
3. It is far for one who does not seek a need.
As for one who has a need, it is near.
٣. بَعيدٌ عَلى مَن لَيسَ يَطلُبُ حاجَةً
وَأَمّا عَلى ذي حاجَةٍ فَقَريبُ