لا تحسب المعروفَ لا معنى له

لا تحسب المعروفَ لا معنى له

إلاَ نَوَاقِلَ حمدهِ وثَنَاهُ

إلاَ نَوَاقِلَ حمدهِ وثَنَاهُ

Do not think a good deed has no value

Do not think kindness is without meaning,

except through those who carry its praise and acclaim.

Except transmitting praise and approval.

فلقد ترى المعروف يحسُن عند من

فلقد ترى المعروف يحسُن عند من

لم يصْطَنِعْه وحمدُه لسواهُ

لم يصْطَنِعْه وحمدُه لسواهُ

For you may see a good deed admired by one

For you see, kindness is fair to one who

who did not perform it, while its praise belongs to another.

Did not pretend it, though praises another.