وَمِن نَكَدِ الدُنيا عَلى الحُرِّ أَن يَرى

وَمِن نَكَدِ الدُنيا عَلى الحُرِّ أَن يَرى

أَخِلّاءِ لا يَصفو لَهُ مِنهُ وُدُّ

أَخِلّاءِ لا يَصفو لَهُ مِنهُ وُدُّ

And among this world's torments for a free man is to see

It troubles the free that he should see

close friends from whom no sincere affection comes to him,

Treacherous friends who have no true affection

عَلى أَنَّهُ يَلقى عَلى رُغمِ أَنفِهِ

عَلى أَنَّهُ يَلقى عَلى رُغمِ أَنفِهِ

عَدّوا لَهُ ما مِن صَداقَتِهِ بُدُّ

عَدّوا لَهُ ما مِن صَداقَتِهِ بُدُّ

though he encounters, against his will,

Though it irks him, he will find as foes

an enemy of his whose friendship he cannot do without.

Enemies he once thought were his protection