ظُهورُ الرِكابِ عِندَ اللَبيبِ

ظُهورُ الرِكابِ عِندَ اللَبيبِ

أَولى بِهِ مِن ظُهورِ الطُرُق

أَولى بِهِ مِن ظُهورِ الطُرُق

The backs of riding camels, in the discerning man's view,

The appearance of riders to the wise

are more fitting for him than the surfaces of roads.

Is preferable over the appearance of roads

فَاِن راقَهُ مَنظَرٌ مَسَّهُ

فَاِن راقَهُ مَنظَرٌ مَسَّهُ

بِإِثمٍ وَيُؤذيهِ إِن لَم يَرُق

بِإِثمٍ وَيُؤذيهِ إِن لَم يَرُق

For if a sight pleases him, it afflicts him

For if a view pleases whoever it touches

with sin; and it hurts him if it does not please.

It harms him if it does not please

إِذا لَم تُعِن أَو تُغِث شاكِياً

إِذا لَم تُعِن أَو تُغِث شاكِياً

فَإِنَّ الجُلوسَ عَلَيها خُرُق

فَإِنَّ الجُلوسَ عَلَيها خُرُق

If you neither help nor bring relief to one who complains,

If you do not help or save a complainer

then sitting on them is folly.

Then sitting with them is a breach