رَأَيْتَ تَتَابُعَ الأَعْمَالِ أَجْدَى

عَلَى العُمَّالِ مِنْ فَضْلِ الصِّنَاعَهْ

You saw how persistence in work

Serves the workers better than the excellence of craft

فَمَنْ يَكُ أكْثَرَ العُمَّالِ بَذْلاً

لِمَالٍ فَهْوَ أَوْجَهُهُمْ شَفَاعَهْ

So whoever spends the most of his wealth

Is the one whose intercession is most desirable

فَإِمَّا كُنْتَ فِي عَمَلٍ فَصَانِعْ

بِمَرْفِقِهِ وَإِنْ ثَلَمَ ارْتِفَاعَهْ

Whether you are engaged in some work, be an artisan

With tolerance, and if it gets difficult, be more patient

وَوَفِّرْ حِصَّةَ الأَتْبَاعِ تَأْمَنْ

بِذَاكَ مِنَ المَلاَمَةِ والشَّنَاعَهْ

And provide the share of followers, so you may be safe

From blame and defamation through that

وَخُذْ فِي جَمْعِ مَالِ الصُّلْحِ لاَ فِي

إِقَامَةِ حُجَّةٍ لَكَ فِي جَمَاعَةْ

Take the collecting of conciliatory money and not

The establishing of an argument for you among the group

وَسَامِحْ ذَا المَعُونَةِ واعْتَقِدْهُ

لِيُحْسِنَ عَنْكَ يَوْمَاً ما دِفَاعَهُ

And forgive the one who helps you and believe him

To speak good of you one day in your defense

وَصَادِقْ ذَا القَضَاءِ وَلاَ تُثِرْهُ

فِيَشْهَدَ بِالْخِيَانَةِ والإضَاعَهْ

And be honest with the judge, and do not provoke him

So he doesn't testify to betrayal and loss

وَكُنْ فِي كُلِّ ذَاكَ عَلَى يَقِيْنٍ

بِأَنَّ الصَّرْفَ يَحْدُثُ بَعْدَ سَاعَهْ

And be certain in all that

That fate makes changes after a while