سَتُرعى إِذا أُلفيتَ لِلَفظِ خازِناً

سَتُرعى إِذا أُلفيتَ لِلَفظِ خازِناً

وَتُدهى إِذا حَسَّنَت لِلذَهَبِ الخَزنا

وَتُدهى إِذا حَسَّنَت لِلذَهَبِ الخَزنا

You will be cherished if you are found a guardian of words,

You will be enriched if you devote yourself as a treasurer to words,

And come to grief if you deem hoarding gold good.

And you will prosper if you refine gold as a treasurer.

فَأَنفِق بِميزانٍ مَقالَكَ وَاِبتَعِث

فَأَنفِق بِميزانٍ مَقالَكَ وَاِبتَعِث

يَدَيكَ بِما أوتيتَ وَزناً وَلا وَزنا

يَدَيكَ بِما أوتيتَ وَزناً وَلا وَزنا

So spend your speech by measure, and send forth

So speak with care, weigh your words, spend

Your hands with what you have been given—paying out, not withholding.

Your hands with what you were given, in measure or without.

وَكَم نِسوَةٍ رَبَّينَ كَالنَخلِ فِتيَةً

وَكَم نِسوَةٍ رَبَّينَ كَالنَخلِ فِتيَةً

فَحُزنَ بِما أَمكَنَّ مِن وَلَدٍ حُزنا

فَحُزنَ بِما أَمكَنَّ مِن وَلَدٍ حُزنا

And how many women have reared young men like palm trees,

And how many women raise youths like palm trees

Only to gain sorrow from the children they bore.

Then grieve for the children they could not have.