إِذَا رُمْتَ أَنْ تَحْيَا سَلِيماً مِنَ الرَّدَى

إِذَا رُمْتَ أَنْ تَحْيَا سَلِيماً مِنَ الرَّدَىوَدِينُكَ مَوْفُورٌ وَعِرْضُكَ صَيِّنُ

Idhā rumta an taḥyā salīman mina ar-radā, Wadīnuka mawfūrun waʿirḍuka ṣayyinu

If you wish to live safe from ruin, with your religion intact and your honour protected,

فَلَا يَنْطِقَنْ مِنْكَ اللِّسَانُ بِسَوْأَةٍفَكُلُّكَ سَوْءَاتٌ وَلِلنَّاسِ أَلْسُنُ

Falā yanṭiqan minka al-lisānu bisawʾatin, Fakulluka sawʾātun walilnnāsi alsunu

Let your tongue never speak of anyone's shame, for you are all shames, and people have tongues.

وَعَيْنَاكَ إِنْ أَبْدَتْ إِلَيْكَ مَعَائِباًفَدَعْهَا وَقُلْ يَا عَيْنُ لِلنَّاسِ أَعْيُنُ

Waʿaynāka in abdat ilayka maʿāʾiban, Fadaʿhā waqul yā ʿaynu lilnnāsi aʿyunu

And if your eyes show you the faults of others, turn from them and say: "O eye, people have eyes too."

وَعَاشِرْ بِمَعْرُوفٍ وَسَامِحْ مَنِ اعْتَدَىوَدَافِعْ وَلَكِنْ بِالَّتِي هِيَ أَحْسَنُ

Waʿāshir bimaʿrūfin wasāmiḥ mani ʿtadā, Wadāfiʿ walakin billatī hiya aḥsanu

Live with kindness, forgive whoever wrongs you, and repel evil, but with what is better.