العِلمُ والحِلمُ حُلَّتَانِ هُمَا

للخَلقِ زَينٌ إذا هُمَا اجتَمَعا

Knowledge and forbearance are two robes

They are beauty for people when together

صِنوان لا يستقيمُ حُسنُهما

إلا بجمعٍ لذا وذاك معا

Two companions whose beauty is not complete

Except by joining this and that together

كم مِن وَضِيعٍ سَما به العِل

مُ والحلمُ فُنال العَلاءَ وارتفَعَا

How many an outcast knowledge raised up

And forbearance brought supreme status

ومِن رفيع البِنَا أضاعهما

أهمَلَهُ ما أضَاعَ فاتَّضَعَا

And many a highborn one they brought down

When he neglected them, losing all stature