غَمِّضْ عن العَوراءِ تَأْمَنْ عارَها

غَمِّضْ عن العَوراءِ تَأْمَنْ عارَها

واجْزِ اللَّئِيمَ جَزاءَ ذِي كَرَمِ

واجْزِ اللَّئِيمَ جَزاءَ ذِي كَرَمِ

Turn a blind eye to a foul utterance, and you will escape its disgrace.

Turn a blind eye to the blemished one, to spare her shame

Requite the ignoble as a generous person would.

And reward the ignoble one with a noble recompense

وَاحذَرْ لِقاحَ قَبيحةٍ بِمثالِها

وَاحذَرْ لِقاحَ قَبيحةٍ بِمثالِها

إنَّ الكُلُومَ نَتائِجُ الكَلِمِ

إنَّ الكُلُومَ نَتائِجُ الكَلِمِ

Beware of mating a foul utterance with its like:

And beware the contagion of an ugly one made in her image

For wounds are the offspring of words.

For wounds are the fruits of words