تَعَلَّم بِأَنّي إِن أَرَدتَ صَحابَتي

لِتَعلَمَ مِنّي ما تُريدُ وَتَتَّقي

Learn that if you want my companionship

To learn from me what you want and be virtuous

شَنِئتُ مِنَ الصُحبان مَن لَستُ زائِلاً

أُدامِلُهُ دَملَ السِقاءِ المُخرَّقِ

I spurn from companionship those whom I won't abandon

I put up with them like a leaky water skin

إِذا كانَ شيءٌ بَينَنا قيلَ إِنَّهُ

حَديدٌ فَخالِف جَهلَهُ وَتَرفَّقِ

If something comes between us, it's said that it

Is iron, so oppose its ignorance and be gentle