قُل لِلأَميرِ جَزاكَ اللهُ صالِحَةً
لا يَجمَعُ الدَهرُ بَينَ السَخلِ وَالذيبِ
Say to the emir: may God grant you a good reward.
Tell the prince, may God reward you with goodness
Time does not bring the lamb and the wolf together.
Time does not unite the foolish and the cunning
السَخلُ غِرٌّ وَهَمُّ الذِئبِ غَفلَتُهُ
وَالذِئبُ يَعلَمُ ما في السَخلِ مِن طيبِ
The lamb is naïve, and the wolf is intent on its heedlessness.
The foolish one is ignorant, and the cunning wolf is absentminded
And the wolf knows what is delectable in the lamb.
Yet the cunning wolf knows the goodness in the foolish one
Sol 6.1