عَليكَ الكَتْمَ واحذَرْ قَوْلَ سِرٍّ

عَليكَ الكَتْمَ واحذَرْ قَوْلَ سِرٍّ

لِمَنْ قَدْ ظَلَّ سِرَّ سِواكَ يَحْكي

لِمَنْ قَدْ ظَلَّ سِرَّ سِواكَ يَحْكي

You must keep secrets, and beware of telling a secret

Concealment is incumbent, beware revealing secrets

To someone who has kept recounting the secret of someone other than you.

To one who has betrayed another's confidence before.

فَمَنْ أهداكَ سِرَّ الغَيْرِ يَوماً

فَمَنْ أهداكَ سِرَّ الغَيْرِ يَوماً

أفادَ الغَيْرَ سِرَّكَ دونَ شَكِّ

أفادَ الغَيْرَ سِرَّكَ دونَ شَكِّ

For whoever once gifted you another's secret

Whoever once confided in you another's secret,

Has, without doubt, passed your secret to another.

Will in turn confide your secrets to that other, doubt not.