نصيبَك منْ سَفيهٍ أو فَقيهِ

نصيبَك منْ سَفيهٍ أو فَقيهِ

ففي هَذا وذا حِصْنٌ وحُسْنُ

ففي هَذا وذا حِصْنٌ وحُسْنُ

Your portion comes from either a fool or a jurist:

Take your share of a fool or a learned man,

between the two lie a fortress and a grace.

For in this one and that lie a fortress and beauty.

فإنْ سالمتَ فالفُقهاءُ حُسْنٌ

فإنْ سالمتَ فالفُقهاءُ حُسْنٌ

وإنْ حارَبْتَ فالسُّفَهاءُ حِصْنُ

وإنْ حارَبْتَ فالسُّفَهاءُ حِصْنُ

If you make peace, the jurists are a grace;

For if you make peace, the learned are an adornment;

and if you wage war, fools are a fortress.

And if you wage war, fools are a fortress.

وما استوفى شُروطَ الجدِّ إلاّ

وما استوفى شُروطَ الجدِّ إلاّ

فتىً في خُلْقِهِ سَهْلٌ وحَزْنُ

فتىً في خُلْقِهِ سَهْلٌ وحَزْنُ

No one fully meets the demands of earnest resolve except

And none fully meets the requirements of earnestness except

a youth whose character is both gentle and rugged.

A young man whose character holds both smooth ground and rugged terrain.