دَعleave off العتبreproach انif اخطاerrs صديقُكَyour friend فهوfor it لَوif
دَع العتب ان اخطا صديقُكَ فهو لَو
يَفيدavails علىagainst ذاكthat الخطاerror ماnot اتىhe came بِهِwith it
يَفيد على ذاك الخطا ما اتى بِهِ
Leave off reproach if your friend errs, for if it
availed against that error, he would not have committed it.
فانand if كانَit is يُجديdoes any good فهوthen he يعرفknows ذنبهُhis fault
فان كانَ يُجدي فهو يعرف ذنبهُ
فَدعهُso leave him ووكِّلand charge نفسهُhis own self بعتابهِwith reproaching him
فَدعهُ ووكِّل نفسهُ بعتابهِ
And if it does any good, he knows his fault;
so leave him, and charge his own self with reproaching him.
وانَّand indeed عتابreproach النفسthe self منthan عتبreproach غيرهاanother besides itself
وانَّ عتاب النفس من عتب غيرها
امرُّmore bitter وَهَذاand this العتبreproach شرُّthe worst عقابِهِhis punishment
امرُّ وَهَذا العتب شرُّ عقابِهِ
Indeed, self-reproach, compared with another's reproach,
is more bitter; and this reproach is his worst punishment.
Translation model: Sol 6.1