لا يَفقِدَن خَيرَكُم مُجالِسُكُم

لا يَفقِدَن خَيرَكُم مُجالِسُكُم

وَلا تَكونوا كَأَنَّكُم سَبَخُ

وَلا تَكونوا كَأَنَّكُم سَبَخُ

Let your companion never lack your kindness.

Let not your gatherings lose their goodness

And do not be like barren salt flats,

And be not like leather dried out in the sun

وَلا كَقَومٍ حَديثُ يَومِهِمُ

وَلا كَقَومٍ حَديثُ يَومِهِمُ

ما أَكَلوا أَمسَهُم وَما طَبَخوا

ما أَكَلوا أَمسَهُم وَما طَبَخوا

Nor like people whose daily talk is

Nor like people with no history

What they ate yesterday and what they cooked.

Who yesterday ate naught, today cook nothing