إِياكَbeware مِنof زَللslips اللِسانthe tongue فَإِنَّماfor only
إِياكَ مِن زَلل اللِسان فَإِنَّما
عَقلintellect الفَتىthe young man فيin لَفظِهِhis utterance المَسموعthe audible
عَقل الفَتى في لَفظِهِ المَسموع
Beware of slips of the tongue, for only
Beware of slips of the tongue, for the sense
In his spoken words is a young man's intellect revealed.
Of a young man lies in the words he utters.
وَالمَرءand a man يَختبرtests الإِناءthe vessel بِنَقرهby tapping it
وَالمَرء يَختبر الإِناء بِنَقره
لِيَرىto see الصَحيحthe intact بِهِby it مِنfrom المَصدوعthe cracked
لِيَرى الصَحيح بِهِ مِن المَصدوع
And a man tests a vessel by tapping it,
And we test a vessel by tapping it
To distinguish thereby the intact from the cracked.
To see which are sound and which have cracks.
Sol 6.1