1. When something becomes familiar, the youth takes it lightly,
He sees in it no misery to count, nor blessing.
١. إِذا أُلِفَ الشَيءُ اِستَهانَ بِهِ الفَتى
فَلَم يَرَهُ بُؤسى يُعَدُّ وَلا نُعمى
2. Like spending his lifetime, and swallowing
Sweet saliva - its taste he cannot sense.
٢. كَإِنفاقِهِ مِن عُمرِهِ وَمَساغِهِ
مِنَ الريقِ عَذباً لايُحِسُّ لَهُ طَعما
3. He has no doubt meeting death, as though
It was a story from a liar, negating the claim.
٣. وَما اِرتابَ في لُقيا الرَدى وَكَأَنَّهُ
حَديثٌ أَتى مِن كاذِبٍ يُبطِلُ الزَعما