صَاحِبٌ لِي لَيْسَ فِيْهِ

صَاحِبٌ لِي لَيْسَ فِيْهِ

خَلَّةٌ أَشْكُرُهَا لَهْ

خَلَّةٌ أَشْكُرُهَا لَهْ

I have a companion in whom there is no

A friend I have, in whom there is no flaw

trait for which I thank him.

That I could thank him for, overall

سَمِجٌ شَخْصَاً وَمَخْبُورَاً

سَمِجٌ شَخْصَاً وَمَخْبُورَاً

وَتَفْصِيْلاً وَجُمْلَهْ

وَتَفْصِيْلاً وَجُمْلَهْ

Repulsive in appearance and in character,

Dull in person, debased in core

and in detail and as a whole.

In details and the full score

كُلُّ مَنْ جَارَاهُ فِي مِضْ

كُلُّ مَنْ جَارَاهُ فِي مِضْ

مَارِ لُؤْمٍ جَاءَ قَبْلَهْ

مَارِ لُؤْمٍ جَاءَ قَبْلَهْ

Everyone who races him on the racecourse

All who neighbored him in the course

of baseness comes in ahead of him.

Of misfortune's night before it wore

وَمُرِيْدٌ مَنْ أَبَاهُ

وَمُرِيْدٌ مَنْ أَبَاهُ

وَمُهِيْنٌ مَنْ أَجَلَّهْ

وَمُهِيْنٌ مَنْ أَجَلَّهْ

And he desires whoever rejects him,

Were supplicant he'd then ignore

and humiliates whoever honors him.

And abased he'd then deplore

فَهْوَ كَالدِّيْنَارِ لاَ يُكْ

فَهْوَ كَالدِّيْنَارِ لاَ يُكْ

رِمُ إِلاَّ مَنْ أَذَلَّهْ

رِمُ إِلاَّ مَنْ أَذَلَّهْ

For he is like the dinar: he honors no one

He's like dinar money for sure

except whoever debases him.

Valued only by the meek and poor