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Slow down, you have been deceived though you are free,

رويدك قد غررت وأنت حر

1. Slow down, you have been deceived though you are free,
By a scheming advisor who preaches to women.

١. رُوَيدَكَ قَد غُرِرتَ وَأَنتَ حُرٌّ
بِصاحِبِ حيلَةٍ يَعِظُ النِساءَ

2. He prohibits you the blond in the morning,
Yet he drinks it deliberately in the evening.

٢. يُحَرِّمُ فيكُمُ الصَهباءَ صُبحاً
وَيَشرَبُها عَلى عَمَدٍ مَساءَ

3. You will recognize it from his mixing and pouring
As if fresh milk has arrived.

٣. تَحَسّاها فَمِن مَزجٍ وَصِرفٍ
يَعُلُّ كَأَنَّما وَرَدَ الحِساءَ

4. He tells you "I woke up without a garment"
Yet for the pleasure of it he pawned his garment.

٤. يَقولُ لَكُم غَدَوتُ بِلا كِساءٍ
وَفي لَذَّتِها رَهَنَ الكِساءَ

5. When a young man does what he prohibits,
He has done wrong in two ways, not one.

٥. إِذا فَعَلَ الفَتى ماعَنهُ يَنهى
فَمِن جِهَتَينِ لا جِهَةٍ أَساءَ