A fluent speaker came to a wise man

Complaining that he was firmly stuck in a difficult situation.

A base person has ten dirhams of mine

And even a fraction of it weighs heavily on my heart.

My condition is disturbed by him all night

He follows me like a shadow all day.

He made speeches that disturbed the mind

Causing a wound in my heart like a dilapidated door.

It is as if God gave him nothing else from birth

Except these ten dirhams.

He knows nothing of the book of religion

He has read nothing but the chapter on not spending (miserliness).

The sun will sooner not rise from the mountain one day

Than that importunate person not knock on the door.

I am wondering which generous person

Will help me with money against that heartless one.

The auspicious old man heard this speech

And placed two gold coins in his sleeve.

The gold fell into the hands of the storyteller

He left from there as happy as newly minted gold.

Someone said: 'Sheikh! Do you not know who this is?'

One should not weep if he dies.

A beggar who puts a saddle on a male lion

Equips Abu Zayd with a horse and a vizier (is a very skilled beggar).

The worshipper became agitated and said, 'Be quiet'

You are not a man of words (eloquent), be a listener.

If what I thought was true

I preserved his honor among people.

And if he was impudent and hypocritical

Do not think that he was merely mocking.

Because I preserved my own honor

From the hands of such a garrulous and boastful person.

Bestow silver and gold on both the good and the bad

For this is gaining good and that is warding off evil.

Blessed is he who, in the company of wise men

Learns the manners of compassionate hearts.

If you have reason, judgment, planning, and intelligence

Listen respectfully to Saadi's advice.

For he mostly has discourse in this manner

Not about eyes, hair, ears, and beauty spots.