إِذا كُنتَ مَظلوماً فَلا تُلفَ راضِياً
عَنِ القَومِ حَتّى تَأَخُذَ النِصفَ واِغضبِ
If you are wronged, do not be found content
If you are wronged, do not be found content
with the people until you obtain justice—and show your anger.
with the people until you obtain justice—and be angry.
وَإِن كُنتَ أَنتَ الظالِمَ القَومَ فاِطَّرِح
مَقالَتَهُم واِشغَب بِهِم كُلَّ مَشغَبِ
But if you yourself are wronging the people, cast aside
And if it is you who wrong the people, then cast aside
what they say, and assail them with every kind of clamor.
their words, and stir up every kind of trouble against them.
وَقارِب بِذي جَهلٍ وَباعِد بِعالِمٍ
جَلوبٍ عَلَيكَ الحَقَّ مِن كُلِّ مَجلَبِ
Draw close to an ignorant man, and keep far from a learned one
And draw near to an ignorant man, and keep far from a learned one,
who can marshal the truth against you from every quarter.
who brings the truth to bear against you from every quarter.
فَإِن حَدِبوا فاقعَس وَإِن هُم تَقاعَسوا
ليَستَمكِنوا مِمّا وَراءَكَ فاحدَبِ
If they incline kindly toward you, hold aloof; but if they draw back
So if they bend forward, lean back; and if they hang back,
to gain access to what lies behind you, then incline toward them.
to gain control of what lies behind you, bend forward.
وَلا تَدعوني لِلجَورِ واِصبِر عَلى الَّتي
بِها كُنتُ أَقضي لِلبَعيدِ عَلى أَبي
Do not summon me to injustice; bear patiently with the course
And do not call me to injustice; bear with the rule
by which I have judged for a stranger against my own father.
by which I used to judge for a stranger against my father.
فَإِنّي امرءٌ أَخشى إِلَهي وَأَتَّقي
مَعادي وَقَد جَرَّبتُ ما لَم تُجَرِّبِ
For I am a man who fears my God and guards against
For I am a man who fears my God and dreads
my return to Him; I have experienced what you have not.
my return to Him; and I have experienced what you have not.
Sol 6.1