بِئسَ الفَتى مَنْ غَدا يُفشي سَريرتَه

بِئسَ الفَتى مَنْ غَدا يُفشي سَريرتَه

أَكانَ يَلحقُه في حفظِها الدَرَكُ

أَكانَ يَلحقُه في حفظِها الدَرَكُ

Wretched is the youth who has taken to divulging his innermost secret.

Would harm have overtaken him in keeping it?

فَاِجعَلْ حَشاكَ لِما أَقرَرت مَقبَرَةً

فَاِجعَلْ حَشاكَ لِما أَقرَرت مَقبَرَةً

فَالسرُّ سِترٌ وَبِالإِفشاءِ يَنهَتِكُ

فَالسرُّ سِترٌ وَبِالإِفشاءِ يَنهَتِكُ

So make your breast a grave for what you have lodged within.

For a secret is a veil, and by disclosure it is torn.