لاdo not تَفخَرَنَّyou boast (emphatic) بماof what أَحرَزتَyou have acquired منof أدَبِlearning
لا تَفخَرَنَّ بما أَحرَزتَ من أدَبِ
فإنَّماfor only الشُّؤمُill fortune معناطيسُهits magnet الأدبُlearning
فإنَّما الشُّؤمُ معناطيسُه الأدبُ
Do not boast of the learning you have acquired.
Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise
For learning alone is the magnet of ill fortune.
أماdo you not ترىyou see البؤسَmisery قدalready ألقىcast مَراسِيهُits anchors
أما ترى البؤسَ قد ألقى مَراسِيهُ
حَيثُwhere المحابِرُthe inkwells والأقلامُand the pens والكتبُand the books
حَيثُ المحابِرُ والأقلامُ والكتبُ
Do you not see that misery has cast its anchors
Where the inkwells, pens, and books are?
Partial English translation: 1 of 4 Arabic lines translated.
Sol 6.1