1. O you who study science, do not
Seek help in your lesson

2. You will not reach the branch you aimed for
Except by searching for its root yourself

3. So listen to the proverbs when they are recited
They remind you of wisdom, do not forget them

4. We found in an ancient book
With eras that left no trace on its pages

5. The author perfected and selected it
From all the proverbs he guessed

6. The ignorant cannot reach the enemies
Like the ignorant reaches himself

7. The unaware ignorant - there is nothing for tomorrow
To protect him or yesterday to guide him

8. The best advisor is one with experience
In clear and confusing matters

9. No one receives knowledge unless
His mind helps him receive it

10. He whom you discipline in youth
Is like a sapling nourished as you plant it

11. Until you see it fresh and thriving
After it had been dried up

12. An old man does not leave his ways
Until he is buried under soil

13. If he prospers he returns to his ignorance
Like a stingy man returns to his meanness

14. Folly is an illness with no stratagem
Like a star is beyond reach

15. Deploy the weak with his strength
To seize opportunities in his comfort

16. Like a lion that does not leap
Except what is possible for his jump