الصَمتُ في غَيرِ فِكرَةٍ سَهو

الصَمتُ في غَيرِ فِكرَةٍ سَهو

وَالقَولُ في غَيرِ حِكمَةٍ لَغو

وَالقَولُ في غَيرِ حِكمَةٍ لَغو

Silence without reflection is heedlessness.

Silence without thought is error

And speech without wisdom is idle talk.

And speech without wisdom is vain

وَمَن بَغى السَروَ فَالتَنَزُّهُ عَن

وَمَن بَغى السَروَ فَالتَنَزُّهُ عَن

حُبِّ فُضولِ الدُنيا هُوَ السَروُو

حُبِّ فُضولِ الدُنيا هُوَ السَروُو

And for whoever seeks nobility, abstaining from

Whoever desires excellence - withdrawing from

the love of worldly excess is nobility.

Love of the world's trifles is excellence

تَسَلَّ عَنها فَإِنَّها لَعِبٌ

تَسَلَّ عَنها فَإِنَّها لَعِبٌ

تَفنى سَريعاً وَإِنَّها لَهوُو

تَفنى سَريعاً وَإِنَّها لَهوُو

Turn your mind away from it, for it is play;

Ask no more about it, for it is mere play

It swiftly passes away, and it is diversion.

Vanishing quickly, and it is but vain fantasy

وَإِنَّ حُلوَ الدُنيا غَداً غَيرَ ما

وَإِنَّ حُلوَ الدُنيا غَداً غَيرَ ما

شَكٍ لِمُرٍّ وَمُرُّها حُلو

شَكٍ لِمُرٍّ وَمُرُّها حُلو

And indeed, tomorrow the world's sweetness will, without any

For the sweetness of life tomorrow is not what

doubt, be bitter, and its bitterness sweet.

It was yesterday - bitterness mixes with its sweet