يَطيبُ العَيشَ أَن تَلقى حَكيماً

غَذاهُ العِلمُ وَالظَنُّ المُصيب

Life is sweet when you meet a wise one

Whose food is knowledge and true intuition

فَيَكشِفُ عَنكَ حيرَةَ كُلِّ جَهل

فَفَضلُ العِلمِ يَعرِفُهُ الأَديب

He lifts from you the confusion of every ignorance

So the merit of knowledge is known to the cultivated

سَقامَ الحِرصِ لَيسَ لَهُ دَواءُ

وَداءُ الجَهلِ لَيسَ لَهُ طَبيب

The illness of greed has no cure

And the disease of ignorance has no doctor