وخاضعاً و فی الظّلمة سراجاً و للهموم فرحاً و للظّمآن بحراً و للمکروب ملجأً و للمظلوم ناصراً و عضداً و ظهراً و فی الأعمال متّقیاً و للغریب وطناً و للمریض شفآءً و للمستجیر حصناً و للضّریر بصراً و لمن ضلّ صراطاً و لوجه الصّدق جمالاً و لهیکل الأمانة طرازاً و لبیت الأخلاق عرشاً و لجسد العالم روحاً و لجنود العدل راالحکمةیةً و لأفق الخیر نوراً و للأرض الطّیّبة رذاذاً و لبحر العلم فلکاً و لسمآء الکرم نجماً و للمنادی مجیباً و فی الوعد وفیّاً و فی الأمور منصفاً و فی الجمع صامتاً و فی القضآء عادلاً و للانسان لرأس اکلیلاً و لجبین الدّهر بیاضاً و لشجر الخشوع ثمراً
"Be generous in prosperity, and thankful in adversity. Be worthy of the trust of thy neighbor, and look upon him with a bright and friendly face. Be a treasure to the poor, an admonisher to the rich, an answerer of the cry of the needy, a preserver of the sanctity of thy pledge. Be fair in thy judgment, and guarded in thy speech.
Be unjust to no human being, and show all humility to all members of our Human Family. Be as a lamp to them that walk in darkness, a joy to the sorrowful, a sea for the thirsty, a haven for the distressed, an upholder and defender of the victim of oppression. Let integrity and uprightness distinguish all thine acts. Be a home for the stranger, a balm to the suffering, a tower of strength for the fugitive. Be eyes to the blind, and a guiding light to the feet of the erring. Be an ornament to the countenance of truth, a crown to the brow of fidelity, a pillar of the temple of righteousness, a breath of life to the body of humankind.
Be an ensign of the hosts of justice, a luminary above the horizon of virtue, a dew to the soil of the human heart, an ark on the ocean of knowledge, a sun in the heaven of bounty, a gem on the diadem of wisdom, a shining light in the firmament of thy generation, a fruit upon the tree of humility. "
This is the best expression of the Blessed Beauty in English that reflects the way my father, Mato Gi, expressed in action his understanding of our Dakota Teachings, as he understood them. This is also part of my presentation to the African Union. I also shared the Arabic translation with my Arab relatives!