يَطيبُ العَيشَ أَن تَلقى حَكيماً

يَطيبُ العَيشَ أَن تَلقى حَكيماً

غَذاهُ العِلمُ وَالظَنُّ المُصيب

غَذاهُ العِلمُ وَالظَنُّ المُصيب

Life is pleasant when you meet a wise man,

Life is sweet when you meet a wise one

Whom knowledge and sound judgment have nourished.

Whose food is knowledge and true intuition

فَيَكشِفُ عَنكَ حيرَةَ كُلِّ جَهل

فَيَكشِفُ عَنكَ حيرَةَ كُلِّ جَهل

فَفَضلُ العِلمِ يَعرِفُهُ الأَديب

فَفَضلُ العِلمِ يَعرِفُهُ الأَديب

So he dispels for you the bewilderment of every kind of ignorance,

He lifts from you the confusion of every ignorance

For the cultivated man knows the worth of knowledge.

So the merit of knowledge is known to the cultivated

سَقامَ الحِرصِ لَيسَ لَهُ دَواءُ

سَقامَ الحِرصِ لَيسَ لَهُ دَواءُ

وَداءُ الجَهلِ لَيسَ لَهُ طَبيب

وَداءُ الجَهلِ لَيسَ لَهُ طَبيب

The sickness of greed has no cure,

The illness of greed has no cure

And the disease of ignorance has no physician.

And the disease of ignorance has no doctor