وَلِلسِرِّand for the secret حالاتٌforms فَمِنهُso some of it جَماعَةٌa group
وَلِلسِرِّ حالاتٌ فَمِنهُ جَماعَةٌ
وَمِنهُand some of it نَجِيّانِtwo confidants وَأَحزَمُهاand the most prudent of them الفَردُthe lone individual
وَمِنهُ نَجِيّانِ وَأَحزَمُها الفَردُ
A secret has its states: in one, it is shared by a group;
A secret has different forms: one is shared by a group;
in another, by two confidants—but the wisest is the lone keeper.
Another by two confidants; the most prudent is one person alone.
وَأَفضَلُand better مِنهاthan them صَونُguarding سِرِّكِyour secret كاتِماًconcealing
وَأَفضَلُ مِنها صَونُ سِرِّكِ كاتِماً
إِلىuntil الفُرَصِthe opportunities اللاتيwhich يُنالُis attained بِهاthrough them الجَدُّgood fortune
إِلى الفُرَصِ اللاتي يُنالُ بِها الجَدُّ
Better than all these is to guard your secret, keeping it concealed
And better than these is guarding your secret, keeping it concealed,
until those opportunities through which good fortune may be won.
Until the opportunities through which good fortune is attained.
