تحمَّلْ أخاكَ على ما بِهِ

تحمَّلْ أخاكَ على ما بِهِ

فما في استقامتِهِ مَطْمَعُ

فما في استقامتِهِ مَطْمَعُ

Bear with your brother as he is,

Bear with your brother as he is

for there is no hope of his being perfectly upright.

For in his rectitude there is no hope

فأنَّى لهُ خُلُقٌ واحِدٌ

فأنَّى لهُ خُلُقٌ واحِدٌ

وفيهِ طبائِعُهُ الأربَعُ

وفيهِ طبائِعُهُ الأربَعُ

How, then, can he have a single disposition,

How can he have but one character

when his four temperaments are within him?

When in him there are four temperaments