إِذا كانَ مُحتاجاً إِلى ماءِ وَجهِهِ

إِذا كانَ مُحتاجاً إِلى ماءِ وَجهِهِ

أَخوكَ فَلا تَأمُرهُ بِالغَضِّ لِلناسِ

أَخوكَ فَلا تَأمُرهُ بِالغَضِّ لِلناسِ

If he needs to preserve his dignity—

If your brother is in need of water for his face

Your brother—do not bid him abase himself before people.

Do not tell him to hide from people

فَما الشَهمُ إِلّا مَن رَفارِفُ عَيشِهِ

فَما الشَهمُ إِلّا مَن رَفارِفُ عَيشِهِ

مُطَنَّبَةٌ بَينَ القَناعَةِ وَالياسِ

مُطَنَّبَةٌ بَينَ القَناعَةِ وَالياسِ

For the noble man is only he whose life's canopies

For shame belongs only to those whose life

Are stretched taut between contentment and despair.

Is adorned between contentment and despair