1. مَن دَلَّنِي اليومَ على صاحبٍ

    لم يُقذَ في شيءٍ له طَرْفي

    Who will guide me today to a friend

    in whom nothing has offended my eye?

  2. إِذا طلبتُ النَّصْفَ من غيره

    لم ألْفِ مَن جاء على النَّصْفِ

    Whenever I seek fairness from anyone but him,

    I find no one who deals fairly.

  3. ما عاج في وعدٍ ولا موعدٍ

    قطّ بتسويفٍ ولا خُلْفِ

    Never, in promise or appointment, has he turned

    to procrastination or broken faith.

  4. كأنّما صِيغَ لبذلِ المُنى

    أو طُبِعَتْ كفّاه للعُرفِ

    As though he were fashioned to grant wishes,

    or his two palms were molded for generosity.