صَاحِبٌ لِي لَيْسَ فِيْهِ

خَلَّةٌ أَشْكُرُهَا لَهْ

A friend I have, in whom there is no flaw

That I could thank him for, overall

سَمِجٌ شَخْصَاً وَمَخْبُورَاً

وَتَفْصِيْلاً وَجُمْلَهْ

Dull in person, debased in core

In details and the full score

كُلُّ مَنْ جَارَاهُ فِي مِضْ

مَارِ لُؤْمٍ جَاءَ قَبْلَهْ

All who neighbored him in the course

Of misfortune's night before it wore

وَمُرِيْدٌ مَنْ أَبَاهُ

وَمُهِيْنٌ مَنْ أَجَلَّهْ

Were supplicant he'd then ignore

And abased he'd then deplore

فَهْوَ كَالدِّيْنَارِ لاَ يُكْ

رِمُ إِلاَّ مَنْ أَذَلَّهْ

He's like dinar money for sure

Valued only by the meek and poor