واصِلْ أخاكَ وإنْ أَتاكَ بِمُنْكَرٍ

فَخُلُوْصُ شيءٍ قَلَّمَا يُتَمَكَّنُ

Keep company with your brother though he offends,

For sincere affection rarely holds sway.

ولكلِّ شيءٍ آفةٌ مَوْجُوْدَةٌ

إنَّ السِّراجَ على سَنَاهُ يُدَخِّنُ

Each thing has a defect while it exists,

And the lamp in its wick will smolder and smoke.