لا تغبطن ذليلاً في معيشته

لا تغبطن ذليلاً في معيشته

فالموت أهون من عيش على مضض

فالموت أهون من عيش على مضض

Do not envy a humiliated man his livelihood;

Do not envy a wretch for his life,

Envy not a humiliated man his livelihood,

for death is easier than living in anguish.

For death is easier than living in pain.

For death is easier than a life of bitter pain.

لا يوجع الصخر نحتُ المرء جانبه

لا يوجع الصخر نحتُ المرء جانبه

ولا من الذل ذو لبٍّ بممتعض

ولا من الذل ذو لبٍّ بممتعض

A man's carving of its side does not hurt the rock,

A rock is not hurt from carving its side,

The rock feels no pain when a man chisels its side,

nor is a man of understanding vexed by humiliation.

Nor one with dignity, from disgrace is distressed.

Nor is a man of intellect aggrieved by indignity.