كُن شاطِرَ الإِقرارِ لا تَجحَد أَخاً

ما كانَ مِنكَ إِلَيهِ خَوفُ قَصاصِ

Be quick to acknowledge, do not deny a brother

Whatever of yours he fears will bring reprisal

وَاِصدُق إِذا اِدَّرَعَ الجَبانُ بِكَذبِهِ

فَلَرُبَّ صِدقٍ كانَ أَصلَ خَلاصِ

And speak truth when the coward armors himself with lies

For many a truth has been the source of deliverance