وَكُنْتُ قَبْلَ هَذَا أُنْكِرُ صَاحِبِي
إِذَا لَمْ يَكُنْ دِينُهُ إِلَى دِينِي دَانِي
Before this I used to reject my companion
If his religion was not close to mine
المصدر · Source: Tarjuman al-Ashwaq. R.A. Nicholson translation (1911)