وإذا تخيرت الرجال لصحبةٍ

فالعاقل البر السجية فاختر

When choosing companions of high moral worth

Seek out men of virtue, wisdom and kind human birth

وإذا وزنتهم فاحكم وزنهم

وأعرف سجاياهم بقلبٍ مبصر

Weigh well their character before calling them friend

Judge their true nature with insight that does not bend