وَالمال جُنَّةُ ذي المَعايِبِ إن يُصِب

وَالمال جُنَّةُ ذي المَعايِبِ إن يُصِب

يُحمَد وَإِن يَدَعِ الطَريقَةِ يُعذَرُ

يُحمَد وَإِن يَدَعِ الطَريقَةِ يُعذَرُ

And wealth is a shield for a man of faults: if he acts rightly,

Wealth is an orchard of one with faults; if it comes his way,

he is praised; and if he forsakes the right path, he is excused.

He is praised, and if he misses the path, he is excused.

وَالمَرءُ يَحذرُ ما يصرِفُ ضدّهُ

وَالمَرءُ يَحذرُ ما يصرِفُ ضدّهُ

عَنه وَيَحتَل في الَّذي لَم يَحذرُ

عَنه وَيَحتَل في الَّذي لَم يَحذرُ

And a man is wary of what turns his adversary

A man guards against what opposes him,

away from him, and contrives against what he had not feared.

And schemes regarding what he did not guard against.

وَالمَرءُ يحمدُ أَن يُصادِفُ حَظَّهُ

وَالمَرءُ يحمدُ أَن يُصادِفُ حَظَّهُ

قَدَر وَيُعدِلُ في الَّذي لَم يَقدِرُ

قَدَر وَيُعدِلُ في الَّذي لَم يَقدِرُ

And a man is praised when his fortune coincides with

A man is praised that he meets his fortune,

fate, and is deemed just in what he could not control.

Fate, and is fair in that which he did not determine.

وَالناسُ أَعداءٌ لِكُلِّ مُدقَعٍ

وَالناسُ أَعداءٌ لِكُلِّ مُدقَعٍ

صِفرِ اليَدَينِ وَإخوَةٌ لِلمُكثِرُ

صِفرِ اليَدَينِ وَإخوَةٌ لِلمُكثِرُ

And people are enemies to every destitute man,

People are enemies of every empty-handed one,

empty-handed, and brothers to the wealthy.

And brothers of the abundant.

وَإِذا اِمرُؤٌ في الناسِ لَم يَكُ عارِفاً

وَإِذا اِمرُؤٌ في الناسِ لَم يَكُ عارِفاً

بِالعُرفِ لَم يَكُ مُنكراً لِلمُنكَرُ

بِالعُرفِ لَم يَكُ مُنكراً لِلمُنكَرُ

And when a man among the people is not acquainted

If a man among people is not knowing the custom,

with what is right, he does not denounce what is wrong.

He will not deny the wrong.