كادَت سِنّي إِذا نَطَقتُ تُقيمُ لي لَهُ

كادَت سِنّي إِذا نَطَقتُ تُقيمُ لي لَهُ

شَخصاً يُعارِضُ بِالعِظاتِ مُبَكِّتا

شَخصاً يُعارِضُ بِالعِظاتِ مُبَكِّتا

Whenever I speak, my age almost sets before me, to confront my tongue,

Whenever I speak, my years almost erect before me

a figure opposing it with admonitions and rebukes.

A figure who reproaches me with admonitions that make me weep,

وَتَقولُ مَن بَعَثَ اللِسانَ بِغَيرِ ما

وَتَقولُ مَن بَعَثَ اللِسانَ بِغَيرِ ما

أَرضى فَحَقٌّ أَن يُهانَ وَيَسكُتا

أَرضى فَحَقٌّ أَن يُهانَ وَيَسكُتا

And it says: “Whoever sets the tongue moving with words I do not

And say, “He who looses his tongue with other than what

approve of deserves to be humiliated and fall silent.”

Pleases [God], it is right that he should be disgraced and silenced.”