أَلِحَزمُ زَينٌ لِلفَتى

أَلِحَزمُ زَينٌ لِلفَتى

وَشينُهُ التَهَوُّرُ

وَشينُهُ التَهَوُّرُ

Prudence is an adornment for a young man,

Prudence adorns the youth

and recklessness is his blemish.

While recklessness disgraces him

وَالجَهلُ لِلصاحي مِنَ ال

وَالجَهلُ لِلصاحي مِنَ ال

خَمرَةِ خُمرٌ مُسكِرُ

خَمرَةِ خُمرٌ مُسكِرُ

And ignorance, for one sober from

Ignorance makes the sober man drunk

wine, is an intoxicating wine.

From the wine more intoxicating

وَموشِرٌ يَبخَلُ أَهنا

وَموشِرٌ يَبخَلُ أَهنا

مِنهُ سَمحٌ مُعسِرُ

مِنهُ سَمحٌ مُعسِرُ

And a wealthy miser is less contented

The miser who hoards though from him

than a generous man of little means.

Generosity would enrich him

وَشاهِدٌ بِنَقصِهِ

وَشاهِدٌ بِنَقصِهِ

مَن بِسِواهُ يَفخَر

مَن بِسِواهُ يَفخَر

And he bears witness to his own deficiency

And one who boasts of his own virtue

who boasts of someone other than himself.

Belittles all other men