من تاه واحدةً فته عشرا

من تاه واحدةً فته عشرا

كي لا يجوز بنفسه القدرا

كي لا يجوز بنفسه القدرا

Whoever is haughty once, be haughty ten times,

One who lost his way once, loses it ten times over,

so that he does not overestimate his own worth.

Lest he challenge fate on his own once more.

واذا زها أحد عليك فكن

واذا زها أحد عليك فكن

أزهى عليه ولا تكن غمرا

أزهى عليه ولا تكن غمرا

And when someone is haughty toward you, be

And if someone acts boastful towards you,

haughtier toward him, and do not be naïve.

Act more boastful, and don't sink into gloom.

أرأيت من لم ترج منفعةً

أرأيت من لم ترج منفعةً

منه ولم تحذر له ضرا

منه ولم تحذر له ضرا

Consider someone you expect no benefit

Have you seen one from whom no benefit comes,

from, and from whom you fear no harm:

Nor harm to beware of, from him?

لم تسترك وتستذل له

لم تسترك وتستذل له

بل كن أشد اذا زها كبرا

بل كن أشد اذا زها كبرا

why let yourself be deemed weak and humbled before him?

You neither shield him nor give in to him,

Rather, be even prouder when he grows haughty.

But be firmer if he acts boastful out of arrogance.