1. Did you not know, and the best of speech is most enduring,
That silence is the salvation of the doubtful one.
١. أَلَمْ تَعْلَمْ وَخَيْرُ الْقَوْلِ أَبْقَى
بِأَنَّ الصَّمْتَ مَنْجَاةُ الأَرِيبِ
2. So do not entrust a secret to a lover,
For the enemy may come from the lover.
٢. فَلا تَأْمَنْ عَلَى سِرٍّ حَبِيباً
فَقَدْ يَأْتِي الْعَدُوُّ مِنَ الْحَبِيبِ