لا صاحِبٌ إِلّا الَّذي أَعضاؤُهُ
تَحلو لِصاحِبِهِ جَناهُ إِذا جَنى
There is no true friend but one whose every faculty
bears a harvest sweet to his companion whenever it ripens.
لا مَن يُكَدِّرُ بِالقَطيعَةِ ما صَفا
مِنهُ وَيَهدِمُ بِالخِيانَةِ ما بَنى
Not one who, through estrangement, sullies what was pure
in him, and through betrayal destroys what he built.
فَتَصَفَّحِ الإِخوانَ وَاِختَر مِنهُمُ
مَن إِن أَسَأتَ إِلَيهِ يَوماً أَحسَنا
So examine your brethren and choose from among them
one who, if you wrong him one day, responds with kindness.
Sol 5.6