صَديقُكَ حينَ تَستَغي كَثيرٌ

وَما لَكَ عِندَ فَقرِكَ مِن صَديقِ

When you are rich, friends for you there are many

Yet when you are poor, there is no friend for thee

فَلا تُنكِر عَلى أَحَدٍ إِذا ما

طَوى عَنكَ الزِيارَةَ عِندَ ضيقِ

So blame not anyone, if someday

They stop visiting you in time of need

وَكُنتُ إِذا الصَديقُ أَرادَ غَيظي

عَلى حَنَقٍ وَأَشرَقَني بِريقي

And I, when a friend wished to make me angry

Stayed patient, though provoked, not wanting enmity

غَفَرتُ ذُنوبَهُ وَصَفَحتُ عَنهُ

مَخافَةَ أَن أَكونَ بِلا صَديقِ

I forgave his sins and overlooked his wrongs

Fearing that without him, a friend I'd never see