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Transcriped from al-Shāfiʿī, M. 1999. Dīwān al-Shāfiʿī: al-Imām al-Faqīh Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Idrīs al-Shāfiʿī, ed. Mujāhid Muṣṭafā Bahjat. Dimashq: Dār al-Qalam, page 97. .

"صديقك من يعادي من تعادي" | "Your friend contests whomever you contest"

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"صديقك من يعادي من تعادي" | "Your friend contests whomever you contest"

by Muḥammad ibn Idrīs al-Shāfiʿī

Text Source:

al-Shāfiʿī, M. 1999. Dīwān al-Shāfiʿī: al-Imām al-Faqīh Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Idrīs al-Shāfiʿī, ed. Mujāhid Muṣṭafā Bahjat. Dimashq: Dār al-Qalam, page 97.

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  • Transcriped from al-Shāfiʿī, M. 1999. Dīwān al-Shāfiʿī: al-Imām al-Faqīh Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Idrīs al-Shāfiʿī, ed. Mujāhid Muṣṭafā Bahjat. Dimashq: Dār al-Qalam, page 97.
  • Translation by Sherif Abdelkarim
  • Encoded in TEI P5 XML by Danny Smith
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Transcription
من ديوان الشافعي from Dīwān al-Shāfiʿī
صديقك مَن يُعادي مَن تُعادي          بطول الدَّهر ما سجع الحمامُ Your friend contests whomever you contest
          So long as pigeons coo;
ويُوفي الدَّينَ عنك بغير مَطْلٍ          ولا يمنُن به أبَداً دوامُ Pays without delay your debt,
          Never guilting you.
فإن صافى صديقك مَن تعادي          ويفرح حين ترشُقُك السِّهامُ Should your friend your foe underwrite,
          Enjoying arrows’ flight,
فذاك هو العدوُّ بغير شكٍّ          تجنَّبه فصُحبته حرام Then surely he’s the foe, no doubt.
          Quit him. His friendship’s out.
5
فإنَّا قد سمعنا بيت شعرٍ          شبيه الدُّر زينُه النِّظامُ: We heard a verse,
          Pearly in its framework:
"إذا وافى صديقك مَن تُعادي          فقد عاداك، وانفَصَل الكلامُ" “Once your friend upholds your foe, he
          Crosses, end of story.”
Translation
من ديوان الشافعي from Dīwān al-Shāfiʿī
صديقك مَن يُعادي مَن تُعادي          بطول الدَّهر ما سجع الحمامُ Your friend contests whomever you contest
          So long as pigeons coo;
ويُوفي الدَّينَ عنك بغير مَطْلٍ          ولا يمنُن به أبَداً دوامُ Pays without delay your debt,
          Never guilting you.
فإن صافى صديقك مَن تعادي          ويفرح حين ترشُقُك السِّهامُ Should your friend your foe underwrite,
          Enjoying arrows’ flight,
فذاك هو العدوُّ بغير شكٍّ          تجنَّبه فصُحبته حرام Then surely he’s the foe, no doubt.
          Quit him. His friendship’s out.
5
فإنَّا قد سمعنا بيت شعرٍ          شبيه الدُّر زينُه النِّظامُ: We heard a verse,
          Pearly in its framework:
"إذا وافى صديقك مَن تُعادي          فقد عاداك، وانفَصَل الكلامُ" “Once your friend upholds your foe, he
          Crosses, end of story.”
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