1. An enemy went in the clothes of a friend
A partner in the mornings and evenings
١. عدوٌ راح في ثوبى صديق
شريك في الصبوح وفي الغبوق
2. With his eyelids, he has the look of one sympathetic
Yet behind them he has not the look of the sympathetic
٢. له نظر الشفيق بمقلتيه
وليس وراءه نظر الشفيق
3. He has two faces, his outward, a cousin
And his inward, the son of an old whore
٣. له وجهان ظاهره ابن عم
وباطنه ابن زانية عتيق
4. Openly he makes you happy, and secretly harms you
Thus are the sons of the road
٤. يسرك معلناً ويسوء مراً
كذاك يكون أبناء الطريق