اِحفَظGuard لِسانَكyour tongue منfrom دمblood الانامhumankind وَدَعand leave
اِحفَظ لِسانَك من دم الانام وَدَع
أَمرaffairs الجَميعِeveryone لِمَنto the One who أَمضاهُordained it فيin القدمeternity past
أَمر الجَميعِ لِمَن أَمضاهُ في القدم
Guard my tongue from the blood of humankind, and leave
Guard your tongue from the blood of humankind, and leave
everyone’s affairs to the One who ordained them in pre-eternity.
everyone's affairs to the One who ordained them in eternity past.
مَعايِبfaults الناسِpeople لاnot يَكبرنare greater عنthan غلطيmy error
مَعايِب الناسِ لا يَكبرن عن غلطي
اِذاwhen نممتI gossip بِهاabout them فيin مَحفلan assembly الهَممaspirations
اِذا نممت بِها في مَحفل الهَمم
Let not people’s faults loom larger than my own offense—
People's faults are no greater than my own error
if I spread malicious tales of them in an assembly of lofty aspirations.
when I gossip about them in an assembly of aspirations.
Sol 6.1