ولي صاحبً لا حاطه الله صاحباً

ولي صاحبً لا حاطه الله صاحباً

به الشر ما بين الخلائق يخلقُ

به الشر ما بين الخلائق يخلقُ

And I have a companion—may God not protect him as a companion—

I have a friend whom God did not make a friend

Through him, evil is created among humankind.

Evil is created through him among people

وقالوا لقد أعطيتَ شهماً موفقاً

وقالوا لقد أعطيتَ شهماً موفقاً

فقلت لهم بل ذاك سهمٌ مفوَّقُ

فقلت لهم بل ذاك سهمٌ مفوَّقُ

And they said, “You have indeed been given a noble, fortunate man.”

And they said, “You have given a successful arrow”

So I told them, “Rather, that is a nocked arrow.”

I said to them, “No, that is a split arrow”