عِلمي غَزيرٌ وَأَخلاقي مُهَذَبَةٌ

عِلمي غَزيرٌ وَأَخلاقي مُهَذَبَةٌ

وَمَن تَهَذَّبَ يَروي عَن مُهَذِّبِهِ

وَمَن تَهَذَّبَ يَروي عَن مُهَذِّبِهِ

My knowledge is abundant, and my manners are refined.

My knowledge vast, my manners refined

My knowledge is abundant, and my manners are refined,

And whoever has been refined narrates on the authority of the one who refined him.

He who refines draws deep from his guide

And the refined one tells of the one who refined him.

لَو رُمتُ أَلفَ عَدُوٍّ كُنتُ واجِدَهُم

لَو رُمتُ أَلفَ عَدُوٍّ كُنتُ واجِدَهُم

وَلَو طَلَبتُ صَديقاً ما ظَفَرتُ بِهِ

وَلَو طَلَبتُ صَديقاً ما ظَفَرتُ بِهِ

Were I to seek a thousand enemies, I would find them.

Though I shoot a thousand foes, I'll hit my mark

Were I to desire a thousand enemies, I would find them,

And were I to seek a friend, I would not find him.

Yet seek a friend, I'll come up empty-handed

But were I to seek a single friend, I would not win him.