إِذا بَلَغَ الوَليدُ لَدَيكَ عَشراً

إِذا بَلَغَ الوَليدُ لَدَيكَ عَشراً

فَلا يَدخُل عَلى الحُرَمِ الوَليدُ

فَلا يَدخُل عَلى الحُرَمِ الوَليدُ

When the boy in your care reaches ten,

When the boy reaches ten with you

then let the boy not enter the women's presence.

Let not the boy enter the sacred precincts

فَإِن خالَفتَني وَأَضَعتَ نُصحي

فَإِن خالَفتَني وَأَضَعتَ نُصحي

فَأَنتَ وَإِن رُزِقتَ حِجاً بَليدُ

فَأَنتَ وَإِن رُزِقتَ حِجاً بَليدُ

For if you oppose me and disregard my counsel,

If you oppose me and disregard my advice

then you are dull-witted, even if granted intellect.

You will be, even if blessed with pilgrimage, accursed

أَلا إِنَّ النِساءَ حِبالُ غَيٍّ

أَلا إِنَّ النِساءَ حِبالُ غَيٍّ

بِهِنَّ يُضَيَّعُ الشَرَفُ التَليدُ

بِهِنَّ يُضَيَّعُ الشَرَفُ التَليدُ

Take heed: women are snares of waywardness;

Beware, women are the ropes of misguidance

through them, ancestral honor is squandered.

Through them is lost the honored ancient ways