لا تُحَمِّل أَخاكَ مالا يُطيقُ

لا تُحَمِّل أَخاكَ مالا يُطيقُ

فَسِوى ذاكَ بِالإِخاءِ عُقوقُ

فَسِوى ذاكَ بِالإِخاءِ عُقوقُ

Do not burden your brother with what he cannot bear;

Do not burden your brother with what he cannot bear

For doing otherwise is a betrayal of brotherhood.

Beyond that is the brotherhood's disobedience

لَيسَ بِالصادِقِ الصَداقَةِ عِندي

لَيسَ بِالصادِقِ الصَداقَةِ عِندي

غَيرُ مِن لا يُجاحُ مِنهُ الصَديقُ

غَيرُ مِن لا يُجاحُ مِنهُ الصَديقُ

In my view, no one is sincere in friendship

In my view, friendship is not with the untruthful

Except one whose friend suffers no ruin at his hands.

Except with one from whom a friend is not harmed