اصْبِرْ عَلَى مُرِّ الْجَفَا مِنْ مُعَلِّمٍ
فَإِنَّ رُسُوبَ الْعِلْمِ فِي نَفَرَاتِهِ
Bear patiently a teacher’s bitter harshness,
for knowledge takes root amid his stern rebukes.
وَمَنْ لَمْ يَذُقْ مُرَّ التَّعَلُّمِ سَاعَةً
تَجَرَّعَ ذُلَّ الْجَهْلِ طُولَ حَيَاتِهِ
Whoever does not taste the bitterness of learning for an hour
will swallow the humiliation of ignorance throughout his life.
وَمَنْ فَاتَهُ التَّعْلِيمُ وَقْتَ شَبَابِهِ
فَكَبِّرْ عَلَيْهِ أَرْبَعًا لِوَفَاتِهِ
Whoever misses education in the days of his youth—
pronounce over him the four takbirs of the funeral prayer.
وَذَاتُ الْفَتَى وَاللهِ بِالْعِلْمِ وَالتُّقَى
إِذَا لَمْ يَكُونَا لَا اعْتِبَارَ لِذَاتِهِ
A young man’s true worth, by God, lies in knowledge and piety;
if he possesses neither, his person is of no account.
Sol 5.6