أحسِنُ مدارةَ الورى

أحسِنُ مدارةَ الورى

يَعُدْ عليكَ نفعُها

يَعُدْ عليكَ نفعُها

Deal tactfully with people;

Be gentle with the world,

its benefit will return to you.

its benefits will return to you.

كمْ منْ يدٍ قبلْتُها

كمْ منْ يدٍ قبلْتُها

كانَ بودِّي قطعُها

كانَ بودِّي قطعُها

How many a hand I have kissed

How many hands I've shaken

that I wished to cut off.

that my love would sever.