لا تَشْتَغِلْ بمَلْبَسٍ فَكُلُّ ذِي

لا تَشْتَغِلْ بمَلْبَسٍ فَكُلُّ ذِي

فَضْلٍ تَرَى أَسْمالَهُ أَسْمى لَهُ

فَضْلٍ تَرَى أَسْمالَهُ أَسْمى لَهُ

Do not concern yourself with dress; for every man of

merit, you find his rags more ennobling.

مَنْ يَطْلُبِ الشّيءَ الْعَظِيمَ عاجِزاً

مَنْ يَطْلُبِ الشّيءَ الْعَظِيمَ عاجِزاً

عَنْ حَمْلِهِ ونَالَهُ وَنَى لَهُ

عَنْ حَمْلِهِ ونَالَهُ وَنَى لَهُ

Whoever seeks a great thing, incapable

of bearing it, and attains it, grows weak because of it.

مَنْ لَمْ يَذُدْ رقيبَهُ عَنْ مَرْبَعٍ

مَنْ لَمْ يَذُدْ رقيبَهُ عَنْ مَرْبَعٍ

يَلْقَى بِهِ غَزَالَهْ غَزَا لَهُ

يَلْقَى بِهِ غَزَالَهْ غَزَا لَهُ

Whoever does not drive his watcher from a spring pasture

where he meets his gazelle has gone raiding on his watcher's behalf.

في رَاحَةِ الْمرءِ وفي تَرْوِيحِهِ

في رَاحَةِ الْمرءِ وفي تَرْوِيحِهِ

فُؤادَه وَبالَهُ وبا لَهُ

فُؤادَه وَبالَهُ وبا لَهُ

In a man's repose, and in his refreshing

his heart and mind, lies a plague for him.