Sol 6.1

  1. المَرءُ نَحوٌ مِن خَدينِه

    فيما تَكَشَّفَ مِن دَفينِه

    A man is like his close companion

    in what is revealed of his hidden nature.

  2. كُن في أُمورِكَ ساكِناً

    فَالمَرءُ يُدرِكُ في سُكونِه

    Be calm in your affairs,

    for a man attains his aims through his composure.

  3. وَأَلِن جَناحَكَ تَعتَقِد

    في الناسِ مَحمَدَةً بِلينِه

    And soften your wing, and you will earn

    praise among people through its gentleness.

  4. وَاعمِد إِلى صِدقِ الحَدي

    ثِ فَإِنَّهُ أَزكى فُنونِه

    And strive for truthfulness in speech,

    for it is the purest of its forms.

  5. وَالصَمتُ أَجمَلُ بِالفَتى

    مِن مَنطِقٍ في غَيرِ حينِه

    And silence is more becoming to a young man

    than speech at the wrong time.

  6. لا خَيرَ في حَشوِ الكَلا

    مِ إِذا اهتَدَيتَ إِلى عُيونِه

    There is no good in padding speech

    when you have found its choicest expressions.

  7. وَلَرُبَّما احتَقَرَ الفَتى

    مَن لَيسَ في شَرَفٍ بِدونِه

    And often a young man scorns

    someone no lower than himself in nobility.

  8. كُلُّ امرِئٍ في نَفسِهِ

    أَعلى وَأَشرَفُ مِن قَرينِه

    Every man, in his own estimation,

    is higher and nobler than his peer.

  9. مَن ذا الَّذي يَخفى عَلَي

    كَ إِذا نَظَرتَ إِلى خَدينِه

    Who is there who remains unknown

    to you, when you look at his close companion?

  10. رُبَّ امرِئٍ مُتَيَقِّنٍ

    غَلَبَ الشَقاءُ عَلى يَقينِه

    Many a man of firm conviction

    has had his certainty overpowered by wretchedness,

  11. فَأَزالَهُ عَن رُشدِهِ

    فَابتاعَ دُنياهُ بِدينِه

    which turned him away from right guidance,

    so he bought his worldly life with his faith.