إِذا رَأَيتُم كَريماً عِندَ غَيرِكُمُ

إِذا رَأَيتُم كَريماً عِندَ غَيرِكُمُ

فَأَكرِموهُ عَلى يُسرٍ وَإِنضابِ

فَأَكرِموهُ عَلى يُسرٍ وَإِنضابِ

If you see a noble man among people other than yourselves,

When you see a noble man as a guest of others,

Then honor him in prosperity and want.

Honor him generously, do not be miserly.

فَالسَيفُ تَعرِفُ ذاتُ الخِدرِ مَوضِعَهُ

فَالسَيفُ تَعرِفُ ذاتُ الخِدرِ مَوضِعَهُ

مِن قَومِها وَهيَ لَم تَضرِب بِقِرضابِ

مِن قَومِها وَهيَ لَم تَضرِب بِقِرضابِ

For the woman in the curtained chamber knows the sword's place

The sword knows its sheath even when not drawn,

Among her people, though she has never struck with a sharp sword.

As the sheath knows the sword though never used.

وَالشَرُّ يَنشُرُ بَعدَ الخَيرِ مَيِّتَهُ

وَالشَرُّ يَنشُرُ بَعدَ الخَيرِ مَيِّتَهُ

كَما أَصابَ عُمَيراً ما جَنى ضابي

كَما أَصابَ عُمَيراً ما جَنى ضابي

And evil brings its dead to life after good,

Evil spreads its harm after good,

As what Dabi committed befell Umayr.

As what befell Umayr from his foolhardy deeds.