وَلي صَاحِبٌ نَحْسٌ على كُلِّ صَاحِبِ

وَلي صَاحِبٌ نَحْسٌ على كُلِّ صَاحِبِ

هو الدّاءُ أَعْيا أَنْ يُصيبَ دَواءَ

هو الدّاءُ أَعْيا أَنْ يُصيبَ دَواءَ

And I have a companion who brings ill luck to every companion.

I have a friend who brings misfortune to every friend

He is the disease for which no remedy can be found.

He is an incurable disease that cannot be cured

أَخَفُّ الوَرى عَقْلاً وأَثْقَلُ طَلْعَةً

أَخَفُّ الوَرى عَقْلاً وأَثْقَلُ طَلْعَةً

وأَفْحَمُ إِلاَّ أَنْ يَقولَ خَطاءَ

وأَفْحَمُ إِلاَّ أَنْ يَقولَ خَطاءَ

The lightest of mortals in intellect, and the heaviest in countenance,

He is the lightest in intellect of all people and the heaviest in appearance

And the most tongue-tied—except when saying something wrong.

Yet he is most eloquent, unless he speaks nonsense