أَخاكَ أَخاكَ إِنَّ من لا أَخاً لَه

أَخاكَ أَخاكَ إِنَّ من لا أَخاً لَه

كساعٍ الى الهيجا بغير سلاحِ

كساعٍ الى الهيجا بغير سلاحِ

Hold fast to your brother, your brother! For whoever has no brother

Your brother, your brother - he who has no brother

is like one hastening to battle without a weapon.

Is like one charging into battle unarmed.

وإِن ابن عم المرء فاعلم جناحُه

وإِن ابن عم المرء فاعلم جناحُه

وَهَل ينهضُ البازي بغير جناح

وَهَل ينهضُ البازي بغير جناح

And indeed a man's paternal cousin—know this—is his wing.

And know that the cousin of a man - his wing

And can the goshawk take flight without a wing?

Can a falcon soar without wings outspread?

وَما طالبُ الحاجات إِلّا معذياً

وَما طالبُ الحاجات إِلّا معذياً

وَما نال شيئاً طالب لنجاح

وَما نال شيئاً طالب لنجاح

And the seeker of needs is only [perhaps tormented; the wording is unclear].

The seeker of needs suffers humiliation,

And no seeker of success has gained anything.

No seeker attains his goal without toil.

لحا اللَه من باع الصديق بغيره

لحا اللَه من باع الصديق بغيره

وما كل بيع بعته برباح

وما كل بيع بعته برباح

May God curse whoever sold his friend for another;

God curse him who sells a friend for gain!

and not every sale you have made is profitable.

Not every sale concludes in profit.

كمفسد أَدناه ومصلح غيره

كمفسد أَدناه ومصلح غيره

وَلَم يأَتمر في ذاك غير صلاح

وَلَم يأَتمر في ذاك غير صلاح

Like one who ruins the person nearest to him while setting another right,

He corrupts himself and improves another,

though in this he intended nothing but good.

In this he follows none but his own whim.