比较押韵的翻译（我喜欢这种）：
How happy we are
To have friends from afar!
比较正经的翻译：
That friends should come to one from afar,is this not after all delightful?(Arthur Waley 译)
Isn’t it a pleasure for one to have like-minded people coming from faraway places?（王福林 译）
Is it not a delight after all to have friends come from afar （《汉英外事工作常用词汇》）
Is it not pleasant to have friends coming from distant quarters?( James Legge译)