وَصاحِبٍ صَبَّحَني

وَصاحِبٍ صَبَّحَني

فَألُ الغِنى مِن طِيَرِه

فَألُ الغِنى مِن طِيَرِه

And a companion—there greeted me one morning

A friend wished me good morning,

an omen of wealth from his auguries;

yet I could discern no joy in his voice.

وَقائِلٍ خَطَمتُهُ

وَقائِلٍ خَطَمتُهُ

بِوَثبَةٍ مِن غِيَرِه

بِوَثبَةٍ مِن غِيَرِه

and a speaker whom I bridled

And one who reproached me,

with a leap born of his reversals.

I rebutted with an unrelated retort.

فَقُلتُ إِذ لَم يُعْدِني

فَقُلتُ إِذ لَم يُعْدِني

مَعروفَهُ في سِيَرِه

مَعروفَهُ في سِيَرِه

So I said, since he did not extend to me

So I said, since he did not return

his kindness in his dealings:

my good deed in kind,

لا خَيرَ فيمَن لَم يَكُن

لا خَيرَ فيمَن لَم يَكُن

إِخوانُهُ في خِيَرِه

إِخوانُهُ في خِيَرِه

“There is no good in one whose

There is no good in one who is not

brothers have no share in his bounty.”

a brother to his friends in their time of need.