أَلِحَزمُ زَينٌ لِلفَتى

وَشينُهُ التَهَوُّرُ

Prudence adorns the youth

While recklessness disgraces him

وَالجَهلُ لِلصاحي مِنَ ال

خَمرَةِ خُمرٌ مُسكِرُ

Ignorance makes the sober man drunk

From the wine more intoxicating

وَموشِرٌ يَبخَلُ أَهنا

مِنهُ سَمحٌ مُعسِرُ

The miser who hoards though from him

Generosity would enrich him

وَشاهِدٌ بِنَقصِهِ

مَن بِسِواهُ يَفخَر

And one who boasts of his own virtue

Belittles all other men