لا تَسهُ عَن أَدَبِ الصَغي

لا تَسهُ عَن أَدَبِ الصَغي

رِ وَإِن بَكى أَلمَ التَعَب

رِ وَإِن بَكى أَلمَ التَعَب

Do not neglect the discipline of the young

Rebuke not a child for his play

child, even if he weeps from the pain of weariness.

Though the teardrops down his cheeks may stray

وَدَعِ الكَبيرَ لِشَأنِهِ

وَدَعِ الكَبيرَ لِشَأنِهِ

كَبِرَ الكَبيرُ عَنِ الأَدَب

كَبِرَ الكَبيرُ عَنِ الأَدَب

And leave the adult to his own affairs;

Leave the elders to their affairs

the adult has grown too old for discipline.

For age has made the elders past cares

حَتّى مَتى وَإِلى مَتى

حَتّى مَتى وَإِلى مَتى

هَذا التَمادي في اللَعِب

هَذا التَمادي في اللَعِب

How long, and until when,

How long, for how long will this persist

will this persistence in play continue?

This continuance of play not desist

لا تَستَفيقُ وَلا تُفي

لا تَستَفيقُ وَلا تُفي

قُ وَلا تَمَلُّ مِنَ الطَلَب

قُ وَلا تَمَلُّ مِنَ الطَلَب

You do not come to your senses, nor wake

Awaken not, nor wakeful stay

up, nor tire of seeking.

Nor cease from seeking night and day

وَالرِزقُ لَو لَم تَأَتِهِ

وَالرِزقُ لَو لَم تَأَتِهِ

لأَتاكَ عَفواً مِن كَثَب

لأَتاكَ عَفواً مِن كَثَب

And sustenance, were you not to seek it,

And sustenance, if it comes not to thee

would surely come to you, unbidden, from close at hand.

Will come to thee unasked, and free

إِن نِمتَ عِنهُ لَم يَنَم

إِن نِمتَ عِنهُ لَم يَنَم

حَتّى يُحَرِّكَهُ السَبَب

حَتّى يُحَرِّكَهُ السَبَب

If you sleep, heedless of it, it does not sleep,

If you sleep, it sleeps not until

until the cause sets it in motion.

A cause sets it in motion and fulfill