تَبوحُ بِسِرِّكَ ضيقاً بِهِ

تَبوحُ بِسِرِّكَ ضيقاً بِهِ

وَتَبغي لِسِرِّكَ مَن يَكتُمُ

وَتَبغي لِسِرِّكَ مَن يَكتُمُ

You divulge your secret, burdened by it,

You confide your secret though it troubles you,

And seek someone to keep your secret.

And seek for your secret one who will keep it hidden.

وَكِتمانُكَ السِرَّ عَمّن تَخافُ

وَكِتمانُكَ السِرَّ عَمّن تَخافُ

وَمَن لا تَخَوَّفُهُ أَحزَمُ

وَمَن لا تَخَوَّفُهُ أَحزَمُ

And concealing your secret from those you fear

Yet keeping your secret from those you fear

And those you do not fear is more prudent.

Is wiser than one whom you do not suspect.

إِذا ضاعَ سِرُّكَ مِن مُخبِرٍ

إِذا ضاعَ سِرُّكَ مِن مُخبِرٍ

فَأَنتَ إِذا لُمتَهُ أَلوَمُ

فَأَنتَ إِذا لُمتَهُ أَلوَمُ

If your secret is leaked by someone who tells it,

If your secret is lost through one you told it to,

Then, if you reproach him, you are more to blame.

You, not he, will be the one blamed.