لاdo not تَكُنbe طالِباًa seeker لِماfor what فيin يَدِthe hand of الناthe people (first part)
لا تَكُن طالِباً لِما في يَدِ النا
سِcompletion of 'people' فَيَزوَرَّso he turns away عَنfrom لِقاكَmeeting you الصَديقُthe friend
سِ فَيَزوَرَّ عَن لِقاكَ الصَديقُ
Do not seek what is in people's hands,
Do not seek from people's hands what will make the friend ignore you
lest your friend turn away from meeting you.
Truly humiliation lies in asking people, even if it is to ask the way.
إِنَّماonly الذُلُّhumiliation فيin سُؤالِكَyour asking لِلناto the people (first part)
إِنَّما الذُلُّ في سُؤالِكَ لِلنا
سِcompletion of 'people' وَلَوand even if فيin سُؤالِasking أَينَwhere الطَريقُthe road
سِ وَلَو في سُؤالِ أَينَ الطَريقُ
Humiliation lies only in your asking people,
even in asking, 'Where is the road?'
Partial English translation: 2 of 4 Arabic lines translated.
Sol 6.1