أَلَمْ تَعْلَمْ وَخَيْرُ الْقَوْلِ أَبْقَى

أَلَمْ تَعْلَمْ وَخَيْرُ الْقَوْلِ أَبْقَى

بِأَنَّ الصَّمْتَ مَنْجَاةُ الأَرِيبِ

بِأَنَّ الصَّمْتَ مَنْجَاةُ الأَرِيبِ

Did you not know—and the best words endure longest—

Did you not know, and the best of speech is most enduring,

that silence is the discerning person's salvation?

That silence is the salvation of the doubtful one.

فَلا تَأْمَنْ عَلَى سِرٍّ حَبِيباً

فَلا تَأْمَنْ عَلَى سِرٍّ حَبِيباً

فَقَدْ يَأْتِي الْعَدُوُّ مِنَ الْحَبِيبِ

فَقَدْ يَأْتِي الْعَدُوُّ مِنَ الْحَبِيبِ

So do not trust a loved one with a secret,

So do not entrust a secret to a lover,

for an enemy may come from a loved one.

For the enemy may come from the lover.