حقيقٌ أنْ يُصاخَ لكَ استِماعا

وأنْ يَعصى العَذولُ وأَن تُطاعا

It is right for you to be listened to attentively

And for the evasive one to be disobeyed, and you obeyed

متى تكشفْ قناعَكَ للتَّصابي

فقد نادَيتَ مَن كشفَ القِناعا

When you unveil your mask to intimates

You have called one who unveiled the mask

متى يمشِ الصَّديقُ إليَّ فِتْراً

مشَيتُ إليهِ من كرمٍ ذِراعا

When a friend walks to me with coolness

I walk to him generously an arm's length

فجدِّدْ عهدَ لهوِكَ حينَ يَبْلى

ولا تُذْهبْ بشاشَتَه ضَياعا

So renew your pledge to him when it fades

And do not let his joy go to waste