وَقَومَكَ لا تَجهَل عَلَيهِم وَلا تَكُن

وَقَومَكَ لا تَجهَل عَلَيهِم وَلا تَكُن

بِهِم هَرِشاً تَغتابُهُم وَتُقاتِلُ

بِهِم هَرِشاً تَغتابُهُم وَتُقاتِلُ

And do not act insolently toward your people, nor be

Do not be ignorant of your people, nor be

Quarrelsome toward them, backbiting them and fighting.

Harsh and fault-finding, fighting with them.

فَإِنَّ اِمرَأً في مَعشَرٍ غَيرِ قَومِهِ

فَإِنَّ اِمرَأً في مَعشَرٍ غَيرِ قَومِهِ

ضَعيفُ الكَلامِ شَخصُهُ مُتَضائِلُ

ضَعيفُ الكَلامِ شَخصُهُ مُتَضائِلُ

For a man among a people other than his own

For a man in an assembly not his own

Is weak in speech, his person diminished.

Is weak in speech, his stature much diminished.

إِذا شاءَ لَم يَبسُط لِساناً وَلا يَداً

إِذا شاءَ لَم يَبسُط لِساناً وَلا يَداً

وَلَم تَنبُ عَن ذي صَفحَتَيكَ المَعابِلُ

وَلَم تَنبُ عَن ذي صَفحَتَيكَ المَعابِلُ

When he wishes, he cannot stretch out tongue or hand,

When he wills, he cannot outstretch tongue or hand,

And broad-headed arrows would not glance off your two flanks.

And no tents shield his cheeks from shame.