أَخوكَ الَّذي لا يَنقُضُ الدَهرَ عَهدَهُ

وَلا عَن صُروفِ الدَهرِ يَزوَرُّ جانِبُه

Your brother whose covenant time does not annul

Nor do the turns of time make him swerve

وَلَيسَ الَّذي يَلقاكَ بِالبِشرِ وَالرِضى

وَإِن غِبتَ عَنهُ تابَعَتكَ عَقارِبُه

Not he who meets you with cheer and favor

And if you are absent, his fingertips follow after you

فَخُذ مِن أَخيكَ العَفو وَاَغفِر ذُنوبَهُ

وَلا تَكُ في كُلِ الأُمورِ تُحاسِبُه

So take from your brother, pardon, and forgive his sins

And be not in all affairs accusing him