الناسُ خَلقٌ واحِدٌ مُتَشابِهٌ

الناسُ خَلقٌ واحِدٌ مُتَشابِهٌ

لَكِنَّما تَتَخالَفُ الأَعمالُ

لَكِنَّما تَتَخالَفُ الأَعمالُ

People are one creation, alike;

People are all one kind, alike in form

but their deeds differ.

Though deeds may set their lives apart

وَيُقالُ حَقٌّ في الرِجالِ وَباطِلٌ

وَيُقالُ حَقٌّ في الرِجالِ وَباطِلٌ

أَيُّ اِمرِئٍ إِلّا وَفيهِ مَقالُ

أَيُّ اِمرِئٍ إِلّا وَفيهِ مَقالُ

Truth and falsehood are spoken of men;

Some speak the truth, some falsehoods utter

what man is there but something is said of him?

In every man there is a fault

وَلِكُلِّ إِنسانٍ بِما في نَفسِهِ

وَلِكُلِّ إِنسانٍ بِما في نَفسِهِ

مِن عَيبِهِ عَن غَيرِهِ أَشغالُ

مِن عَيبِهِ عَن غَيرِهِ أَشغالُ

And everyone has, within himself,

All men bear flaws, and feel distaste

faults enough to distract him from others.

For blemishes in other's tastes

يَستَثقِلُ اللَمَمَ الخَفيفَ لَغَيرِهِ

يَستَثقِلُ اللَمَمَ الخَفيفَ لَغَيرِهِ

وَعَلَيهِ مِن أَمثالِ ذاكَ جِبالُ

وَعَلَيهِ مِن أَمثالِ ذاكَ جِبالُ

He finds another's slight failings burdensome,

The small they magnify in another's eye

yet mountains of the same weigh upon him.

Though boasting loads of their own lies

وَيَنامُ عَن دُنياهُ نَومَةَ قانِعٍ

وَيَنامُ عَن دُنياهُ نَومَةَ قانِعٍ

بِنَعيمِ دُنياهُ وَذاكَ خَيالُ

بِنَعيمِ دُنياهُ وَذاكَ خَيالُ

And he sleeps, heedless of his world, the sleep of one content

Content, men slumber through their days

with his world's delights—and that is an illusion.

Bewitched by worldly pleasures' haze

وَرَأَيتُ أَلسِنَة الرِجالِ أَفافِياً

وَرَأَيتُ أَلسِنَة الرِجالِ أَفافِياً

طَوراً تَثورُ وَتارَةً تَغتالُ

طَوراً تَثورُ وَتارَةً تَغتالُ

And I saw the tongues of men as vipers,

And tongues of men I've seen as snakes

sometimes raging, and sometimes killing by stealth.

Lashing out or lying in wait

فَإِذا سَلِمتَ مِنَ المَقالَةِ غَيرَها

فَإِذا سَلِمتَ مِنَ المَقالَةِ غَيرَها

تَجني فَأَنتَ الأَسعَدُ المِفضالُ

تَجني فَأَنتَ الأَسعَدُ المِفضالُ

So if you escape malicious talk, whatever else

If you avoid all idle speech

you reap, then you are the most fortunate, the generous one.

You're happiest, most blessed of each