ولا تزعما في الجد مزحاً كمولج

ولا تزعما في الجد مزحاً كمولج

فساد علاج النفس طي صلاحها

فساد علاج النفس طي صلاحها

And do not, you two, mistake earnestness for jest, like one who slips

Do not claim jesting when serious like a surging sea

Corruption of the soul’s treatment into the midst of its healing.

Corrupting the soul is healing its righteousness

ومن كان نقل الزور أمضى سلاحهن

ومن كان نقل الزور أمضى سلاحهن

كمثل الحبارى تتقي بسلاحها

كمثل الحبارى تتقي بسلاحها

And whoever has spreading falsehood as their sharpest weapon

And whoever conveyed falsehood, his weapon is blunt

Is like the bustard, defending itself with its weapon—its droppings.

Like squids protected by their weaponry