فَتىً لا يُراعي جارُهُ هَفَواتِهِ

فَتىً لا يُراعي جارُهُ هَفَواتِهِ

وَلا حُكمُهُ في النائِباتِ غَريبُ

وَلا حُكمُهُ في النائِباتِ غَريبُ

A young man whose neighbor does not watch for his lapses,

A youth who ignores his neighbor's slips

Nor is his judgment in calamities strange.

And whose judgment in tribulations is strange;

حَليمٌ إِذا ما الجَهلُ أَذهَلَ أَهلَهُ

حَليمٌ إِذا ما الجَهلُ أَذهَلَ أَهلَهُ

عَنِ الحِلمِ مَغشِيُّ الفَناءِ نَجيبُ

عَنِ الحِلمِ مَغشِيُّ الفَناءِ نَجيبُ

Forbearing when folly distracts its followers

Gentle when ignorance bewilders his folk

From forbearance; his courtyard is thronged, and he is noble.

From gentleness, emerging from death, noble.