أَتَراكَ تَسمَحُ بِالنَوا
لِ وَأَنتَ تَبخُلُ بِالسَلامِ
Can I imagine you bestowing boun—
—ty, when you begrudge even a greeting?
لا توحِشُ النَفرَ الكِرا
مَ فَأَنتَ مِن نَفَرٍ كِرامِ
Do not alienate that company of nob—
—le souls—for you yourself belong to a noble company.
قَد ضَلَّ مَن لا يَشتَري
وَدَّ الأَكارِمِ بِالكَلامِ
Surely lost is he who will not purchase
the noble-hearted’s affection with mere words.
Sol 5.6