في الناس مَن اصحابُه كثيابِه

في الناس مَن اصحابُه كثيابِه

وكانهُ ابداً بحفلة عيدِ

وكانهُ ابداً بحفلة عيدِ

Among people is one whose companions are like his clothes,

Among people are those whose friends are like their clothes,

As though he were always at a holiday gathering.

As if he is always at a feast.

لا يطمعنَّ بِهِ الجديد فانهُ

لا يطمعنَّ بِهِ الجديد فانهُ

كَم من قَديمٍ قبلهُ وَجديدِ

كَم من قَديمٍ قبلهُ وَجديدِ

Let the new companion place no hope in him, for

Do not hope for him with anything new, for

How many old companions and new have preceded him!

How many old and new before him there have been.

وَلربما اضحى لَهُ متقذّراً

وَلربما اضحى لَهُ متقذّراً

فَنَفاهُ نفيَ الدرهم المَردودِ

فَنَفاهُ نفيَ الدرهم المَردودِ

And sometimes the newcomer becomes repulsive to him,

And perhaps he has become despised to him

So he casts him off as one discards a rejected dirham.

So he discards him like a rejected coin.