1. Who are my just friends from the group
They became many against me and made many
١. مَن مُنصفي من مَعشَرٍ
كَثُروا عليَّ وكَثَّرُوا
2. I met them and I see the difficulties
Of friendship become difficult
٢. صادفتُهم وأرى الخرو
جَ من الصداقة يَعسُرُ
3. Like lines easy to draw in the sand
But erasing them becomes difficult
٣. كالخطِّ يسهل في الطُّرو
س ومَحوُهُ مُتَعَذِّرُ
4. And if I wanted to erase them
I could scrape them away
٤. وإذا أردتُ كَشَطتُه
لكنَّ ذاك يُؤَثَّرُ