اِصبِر إِذا عَضَّكَ الزَمانُ وَمَن

أَصبَرُ عِندَ الزَمانِ مِن رَجُلِه

Be patient if time wounds you, and who

Is more patient with time than his feet?

وَلا تُهِن لِلصَديقِ تُكرِمُهُ

نَفسَكَ حَتّى تُعَدَّ مِن خَوَلِه

Do not disgrace yourself for a friend - honor him

Until you are counted among his fools.

يَحمِلُ أَثقالَهُ عَلَيكَ كَما

يَحمِلُ أَثقالَهُ عَلى جَمَلِه

He loads his burdens upon you as

He loads his burdens upon his camel.

وَلَستَ مُستَبقِياً أَخاً لَكَ لا

تَصفَحُ عَمّا يَكونُ مِن زَلَلِه

You are not his brother competing with him, do not

Overlook what comes from his mistakes.

لَيسَ الفَتى بِالَّذي يَحولُ عَنِ ال

عَهدِ وَيُؤتى الصَديقُ مِن قِبَلِه

The youth is not one who turns away from

Promises, yet the friend comes to him.