اِزدَدتَ يا زَيدُ مِن عُجبٍ فَيا عَجَبُ

العَقلِ عِندَ اِنقِلابِ الحالِ يَنقَلِبُ

You increased, O Zaid, in self-importance, so how strange!

Reason is overturned when fortunes change and shift.

هَذا وَما أَنتَ مِمَّن وُدُّهُ غَدِقٌ

وَلا السَلامُ لي مِنهُ تَقريبٌ وَلا خَبَبُ

And you're not one whose affection is abundant,

Nor do I get a greeting from you, neither friendship nor warmth.

الرَأيُ أَلّا أَرى في ظَهرِ وُدٍّ فَتىً

إِلذا وَفي صَدرِهِ مِن لُبِّهِ لَبَبُ

My view is not to see, in showing affection, a young man

Unless in his breast from his heart of hearts there is warmth.