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A great aid for manners and wisdom

نعم المعين على الآداب والحكم

1. A great aid for manners and wisdom
Pages of varied hues like the darkness

١. نِعْمَ المُعِيْنُ عَلَى الآدَابِ وَالحِكَمِ
صَحَائِفٌ حُلُكُ الأَلْوَانِ كَالظُّلَمِ

2. They draw no ink but their own dye
The secret of the heartfelt is locked within

٢. لاَ تَسْتَمِدُّ مِدَادَاً غَيْرَ صِبْغَتِهَا
فَسِرُّ ذِي الَّلبِّ فِيْهَا جِدُّ مُكْتَتَمِ

3. Light yet tough, unsullied by their holder
A robe unmarred by flaws of the pen

٣. خَفَّتْ وَجَفَّتْ فَلَمْ يَدْنَسْ لِحَامِلِهَا
ثَوْبٌ وَلَمْ يَخْشَ فِيْهَا نَبْوَةَ القَلَمِ

4. Erasing possible by palm so they expanded
For the prose and verse contained herein

٤. وَأَمْكَنَ الْمَحْوُ فِيْهَا الكَفَّ فَاتَّسَعَتْ
لِمَا تَضَمَّنُ مِنْ نَثْرٍ وَمُنْتَظِمِ

5. Adorned with aloeswood, I picked for them
Protection from the witty, not the clumsy

٥. حَلَّيْتُهَا بِلُجَيْنٍ وَانْتَخَبْتُ لَهَا
وِقَايَةً مِنْ ذَكِيِّ العُودِ لاَ الأَدَمِ

6. So musk scents them when you entrust
A fragrance you inhale, the sweetest breeze

٦. فَالْكُمُّ يَعْبَقُ مِنْهَا حِيْنَ تُودِعُهُ
عَرْفَاً تَنَسَّمُ فِيْهَا أَطْيَبَ النَّسَمِ

7. If Moses’ tablets, when Aaron angers him
He would not have thrown them, fearing regret

٧. لَوْ كُنَّ أَلْوَاحَ مُوسَى يَوْمَ يُغْضِبُهُ
هَارُونُ لَمْ يُلْقِهَا خَوْفَاً مِنَ النَّدَمِ