 1 the first of them is a friend who has dropped the burden of caution between you and him so his reproach is better than much assistance and it is from urging and prohibition and in that there is a wonderful deterrent for the soul and strengthening of a nature that has urging and desire and a medicine that desire is addicted to especially if he is gentle in his speech good at reaching the meanings he conveys with his words knowledgeable of the times in which the prohibition is emphasized and the times in which the command is increased and the hours in which he is standing between these two according to the extent that he sees of the lovers ease and difficulty his acceptance and disobedience.
١ فأولهم صديق قد أسقطت مؤنة التحفظ بينك وبينه، فعذله أفضل من كثير المساعدات، وهو من الحض والنهي، وفي ذلك زاجر للنفس عجيب، وتقوية لطبيعة بها حرض وغمل، ودواء تستد عليه الشهوة ، ولا سيما إن كان رفيقا في قوله، حسن التوصل إلى ما يورد من المعاني بلفظه، عالما بالأوقات التي يؤكد فيها النهي، وبالأحيان التي يزيد فيها الأمر، والساعات التي يكون فيها واقفا بين هذين، على قدر ما يرى من تسهل العاشق وتوعره، وقبوله وعصيانه.