وَاحْبُ الْمُجَامِلَ بِالْجَزِيلِ وَصَرْمُهُ ۞ بَاقٍ إِذَا ظَلَعَتْ وَزَاغَ قِوَامُهَا
Treat the courteous person with ample generosity; yet the option of ending the bond remains if that relationship becomes unsteady and loses its balance.
This completes the prior counsel. Instead of advocating arbitrary estrangement, the verse first insists on jazīl, generous treatment, and only then considers a relationship that has become unstable. Courtesy and self-respect are held together.
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Labīd ibn Rabīʿah: Severing Ties, Generosity and the Travel-Worn She-Camel (Verses 20–24)
وَاحْبُ الْمُجَامِلَ بِالْجَزِيلِ وَصَرْمُهُ ۞ بَاقٍ إِذَا ظَلَعَتْ وَزَاغَ قِوَامُهَا
Treat the courteous person with ample generosity; yet the option of ending the bond remains if that relationship becomes unsteady and loses its balance.
This completes the prior counsel. Instead of advocating arbitrary estrangement, the verse first insists on jazīl, generous treatment, and only then considers a relationship that has become unstable. Courtesy and self-respect are held together.