1. Safety to a heart where care for it grew long
And woe to a mind where consciousness of God withdrew

2. And piety to a man who thought the world is
Abhorrent while the flaw is his reward in it

3. So if one day you freely let overflowing bounty in
It would be as the morning sun erased dusk

4. No good in a lot that comes late
Like life delayed when its end has arrived

5. Leave time be, pay it no heed, for it is cunning
And it will only fool man through its echo

6. Do not build in this life a house, for it
Is ruins and does a dead hope for healing?

7. Remove the sin of your heart from the sun of slander
For its orbit is always turning awry

8. It suffices you hoarding wealth for its insignificance
And multiplying it comes and goes in existence

9. And listen to what I say in reason and reflection
And lend an ear that does not lack room for it

10. Chewing the beads of wisdom in the necklace of resolve
While nothing graces pearls like their shine

11. For he who can defeat time, he is the brother
Of confidence, and the free soul prides in its splendor

12. He who is generous with every breath
Except honor, he needn't fear meeting his God

13. He who lives safely with peace of mind
From time, for time muddies its water

14. And he who has sane, solid reason, he is
Safe from misery in an impregnable fortress exalted

15. And he who aspires to vileness, his glance
Is averted to thorny, painful firewood

16. And he who mingles with people is afflicted by their woe
As Jacob was destroyed one day by his mourning

17. And he who trusts the wicked one day, indeed
He wakes to a heart seared by its harshness

18. And be gentle, for a smile on the face, my brother,
Signals, just as its absence signals his coldness

19. And do not hasten what you wish to accomplish
And walk the path of lucid, pure clarity

20. And do not be fooled by fortune in its approach
For many a deserter came to rest at ease

21. And meet with a smile when you glimpse an eye
Of your enemy, one whose brilliance withers

22. And he who digs up the secrets of brethren meets their fate
Full of sorrow, and what people's hidden is lost?

23. Protect the free water of your face from you
For no good in a face dirtied in its water

24. And extend to generosity a palm and forearm
And suffice you a generosity whose brilliance shone from you

25. For neither ample giving is its loss
Nor hoarding its collection, and wealth, miserable is its accumulation

26. And the sons of the world incline toward the wealthy
And turn away from bare sir whose misery spread

27. For its clouds in hardship are at their driest
And its driest in luxury, lost is their watering

28. And do not string secrets on any thread but their own
And their pearls to a person of abundant wisdom confide

29. And though the type of people in people is one
The wise of mind are hard, difficult to meet

30. For not every lightning that flashes brings rain looming
Nor every clear water flowing in it purity blooming

31. And do not blemish benevolence by delaying it
For many who procrastinate, their call is flawed

32. And do not seek counsel in grave matters except from one refined,
Experienced, awake and judicious is his argument

33. And be content with a meager living and pleased with its breadth
For many a coveter, his greed destroyed him

34. And do not, my lad, accept ignorance that demeans him
The brother of opinion from a high worth makes him remote

35. And if you are wronged, your Lord is just
And if you are the wronger, the test is yours

36. Your delight, my friend, in abstaining
From the blameworthy mistake, your conscience calls you away

37. For the soul of a lad gloats in the repentance of one who advises
When the mind inhales it, sobbing ensues

38. And deter him from the burden of sin, make it light
For it was ruining him, his regrets were profound

39. O you who wears the fur coat of youth boastfully
Your coat, this will lose its splendor

40. May you do favors in youth
That will protect you when the time of old age nears

41. For what excuse for white hair that creeps on a lad
And make it white, for its darkness fades away

42. The best deeds of a lad in his life
Are his honesty and affection, then his hope

43. And hold on to the religion of the son of Mary
And his lofty way, one day its banner will rise

44. And take what his supporters established
And when adversaries refuted them, his defenders rose

45. Confessing the four schools of law are
Corrected, and the truth they witnessed

46. And the eighth that spread through earth, his mention
Is water to a man who cared for it

47. My brother and cousin, here is some advice from me
Polished, and advice is supreme in degrees

48. For it did not harm, though sin shackled its luck
If so, no flaw in a pearl will its oyster one day contain