قُل ما تَشاءُ بِمَحفِلٍ أَو مَجهَلٍ

وَاِخزُن لِسانَكَ عَن مَقالٍ يوبِقُ

Say what you will in public or private

And restrain your tongue from ruinous speech

إِنَّ الصَغيرَةَ قَد تَجُرُّ عَظيمَةً

وَلَرُبَّما أَودى بِشاهٍ بَيدَقُ

For the small thing may bring the great one down

And a mere tent peg has killed many a king