Claude 2

  1. أَوجَعُ مِن وَخزَةِ السِنانِ

    لِذي الحِجا وَخزَةُ اللِسانِ

    More painful than the sting of a snake

    Is for the free man the sting of disgrace

  2. فَاِستَرزِقِ اللَهَ وَاِستَعِنهُ

    فَإِنَّهُ خَيرُ مُستَعانِ

    So seek provision from Allah and seek His help

    For He is the best one to help

  3. لا تَرضَ عَيشاً عَلى اِمتِهانٍ

    وَلا تُرِد وَصلَ ذي اِمتِنانِ

    Do not accept a living through humiliation

    Nor refuse kindness from a gracious one

  4. أَشَدُّ مِن عَيلَةٍ وَفَقرٍ

    إِغضاءُ حُرٍّ عَلى هَوانِ

    Worse than poverty and destitution

    Is a free man's rage at dishonor

  5. وَإِن نَبا مَنزِلَ بِحُرٍّ

    فَمِن مَكانٍ إِلى مَكانِ

    And if the abode becomes constricted for a free man

    He moves from one place to another

  6. لا يَثبُتُ الحُرُّ في مَكانٍ

    يُنسَبُ فيهِ إِلى الهَوانِ

    A free man does not stay in a place

    Where he is associated with disgrace

  7. الحُرُّ حُرٌّ وَإِن تَعَدَّت

    عَلَيهِ يَوماً يَدُ الزَمانِ

    A free man remains free even if

    The hand of time weighs on him one day