إِذا حُرِمَ المَرءُ الحَياءَ فَإِنَّهُ

إِذا حُرِمَ المَرءُ الحَياءَ فَإِنَّهُ

بِكُّلِ قَبِيحٍ كانَ مِنهُ جَديرُ

بِكُّلِ قَبِيحٍ كانَ مِنهُ جَديرُ

When a man is deprived of modesty, then he

When a man is deprived of modesty,

Is apt to commit every foul deed.

He deserves every kind of ugliness.

لَهُ قِحَّةٌ في كُلِّ شَيءٍ وَسِرُّهُ

لَهُ قِحَّةٌ في كُلِّ شَيءٍ وَسِرُّهُ

مُباحٌ وَخِدناهُ خَناً وَغُرُورُ

مُباحٌ وَخِدناهُ خَناً وَغُرُورُ

He has brazenness in everything, and his secret

He has defects in everything, his secrets

Is open to all; his two companions are obscenity and deceit.

Are licit, his impudence impudence and arrogance.

يَرى الشَتمَ مَدحاً والدَناءَةَ رِفعَةً

يَرى الشَتمَ مَدحاً والدَناءَةَ رِفعَةً

وَلِلسَمعِ مِنهُ في العِظاتِ نُفُورُ

وَلِلسَمعِ مِنهُ في العِظاتِ نُفُورُ

He sees insults as praise and baseness as high standing,

He sees insults as praise, and baseness as nobility,

And his hearing recoils from admonitions.

And turns his ear away from good advice.

وَوَجهُ الحَياءِ مُلبَسٌ جِلدَ رِقَّةٍ

وَوَجهُ الحَياءِ مُلبَسٌ جِلدَ رِقَّةٍ

بَغِيضٌ إِلَيهِ ما يَشِينُ كَثِيرُ

بَغِيضٌ إِلَيهِ ما يَشِينُ كَثِيرُ

And modesty's face is clad in a skin of tenderness,

The face of modesty is covered with a delicate skin,

Hateful to him; what brings disgrace is plentiful.

Everything that disgraces is hateful to it.

فَرَجِّ الفَتى ما دامَ يَحيا فَإِنَّهُ

فَرَجِّ الفَتى ما دامَ يَحيا فَإِنَّهُ

إِلى خَير حالاتِ المُنيبِ يَصِيرُ

إِلى خَير حالاتِ المُنيبِ يَصِيرُ

So hold out hope for the young man while he lives, for he

Reform yourself, O youth, as long as you live,

Will reach the best of a penitent's states.

For you will attain the best states of one who repents.