مَّا الخلى والمسحُ ، إنْ كانَ منَّةً

عليَّ ، فإِنّي غَيرُ خالٍ وماسِحِ

Neither friendship nor wiping, if it's a favor upon me,

For I am neither a friend nor a wiper.

وأَمَّا مَعاذِيرُ الصَّدِيقِ فإِنَّني

سأَبلُغُها ، إِنْ كنتَ لَستَ بفاصِحِ

As for the excuses of a friend, I will convey them,

If you are not eloquent.

وذِي مِئرةٍ مِنَ الصَّديقِ اجتنَبتُهُ

وآخرَ ، قد جاملتهُ وهوَ كاشحُ

And one with a defect from a friend I avoided him

And another, I got along with him and he is a conceptor.

تحمَّلتهْ عمداً ، لأفضلَ ، بعدما

بَدَتْ اُبَنٌ في ساقِهِ وقَوادِحُ

I endured him deliberately, for the best, after

Weakness appeared in his leg and moderators.

ومُهتَزعٍ حالاً ولُؤمَ خَلِيقةٍ

صَقَعتُ ، بِشَرِّ ، والأَكفُّ لواقِح

And a wretched, presently, and sinister nature

I avoided, for evil, and the palms are pollinators.