1. Shall I scatter pearls among the carefree people?
Shall I compose prose for the shepherd girls?

2. By my life! If I am lost in an evil town,
I am not wasted among them, the vain words.

3. If the generous God facilitates with His kindness,
And I meet people apt for knowledge and wisdom,

4. I disseminate beneficial and gain their affection,
Else it remains stored with me and concealed.

5. He who gives knowledge to the ignorant wastes it,
And he who denies the deserving has done wrong.