وَكُنتَ أَخي بِالدَّهر حَتّى إِذا نَبا

نبوتَ فَلَمّا عادَ عُدتَ مَعَ الدَّهر

You were my brother through time, until when you prophesied,

Yet when fates turned, you turned with time.

فَلا يَومَ إِقبال عددتُك طائِلا

وَلا يَومَ إِدبار عَددتك من وِتري

So neither on days of glory did I count you as a boon companion,

Nor on days of misery did I count you as my own flesh.

وَما كُنتَ إِلّا مِثلَ أَحلام نائِم

لَدى حالَتَيك من وَفاء وَمن غَدر

You were but like dreams of a slumberer,

In your two states of loyalty and betrayal.