أَبى صاحِبي بَذلي وَبَيعي كِلَيهِما

هوَ المَرءُ يَستَغني وَيُحمَدُ صاحِبُه

My friend refused my generosity and sale, both

He is the man who becomes self-sufficient and his friend praised

فَقُلتُ وَبَعضُ الظَنِّ يَكذِبُ أَهلَهُ

وَيَصدُقُهُم وَأَكثَرُ الظَنِّ كاذِبُه

So I said, and some suspicion lies to its people

And believes them, and most suspicion is lying

لَعَلَّ أَخي لَمّا رأَى حُسنَ شيمَتي

وَليني إِلَيهِ ظَنَّ أَنّي أُوارِبُه

Perhaps my brother, when he saw the goodness of my nature

And my gentleness to him, thought that I would cheat him

وَكُنتُ امرءً والعِلمُ لِلَه لا أَرى

أَخي وَخَليلي كالبَعيدِ أُخالِبُه

And I was a man, and knowledge belongs to God alone, I do not see

My brother and friend like a stranger I would deceive

وَأُعطيتُ حَظّاً مِن حَياءٍ وَأَشتَكي

مِنَ العَجزِ ما لَم يَبدُ لِلناس غائِبُه

And I was given a share of modesty, and I complain

Of powerlessness, which has not appeared to people, absent