إجعل جليسك دفترا في نشره
للميت من حكم العلوم نثور
Make a book your companion; in its unfolding
Make your companion a book whose pages
Lie scattered sayings from the wisdom of the sciences for the dead.
Overflow with wisdom's treasures for the deceased,
ومفيد آداب ومؤنس وحشة
وإذا انفردت فصاحب وسمير
And a teacher of manners and a solace in loneliness,
With manners profitable and solace for loneliness,
And when you are alone, a friend and a companion for evening conversation.
And when alone, a friend and confidant.
Sol 6.1