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Shut your eyes when sitting

غض الجفون إذا جلس

1. Shut your eyes when sitting
On the ground, do not contemplate

١. غُضَّ الجُفونَ إِذا جَلَس
تَ عَلى الصَعيدِ وَلا تَأَمَّل

2. Home is more deserving of honor
Than the road, even if adorned

٢. وَالبَيتُ أَولى بِالكَري
مِ مِنَ الطَريقِ وَإِن تَجَمَّل

3. Memories are left by the youth
For the settled, when he shoulders a burden

٣. وَالذِكرُ يَترُكُهُ الفَتى
لِلقاطِنينَ إِذا تَحَمَّل

4. And man is pleased by life
And living it is deadly poison

٤. وَالمَرءُ تُعجِبُهُ الحَيا
ةُ وَعَيشُهُ سُمٌّ يُثمَل

5. Who is it that time allowed
To attain what is hoped for

٥. مَن ذا الَّذي سَمَحَ الزَما
نُ لَهُ بِإِدراكِ المُؤَمَّل

6. In it the sleepless meet
And few are the owners of blankets

٦. فيهِ تَوافى المُرمِلو
نَ وَقَلَّ أَصحابُ المُرَمَّل

7. Ruses that grant wishes to the sleepless
So the tears of the wise flow

٧. حِيَلٌ تُمَنُّ عَلى الأَنا
مِ فَأَدمُعُ العُقَلاءِ هُمَّل

8. How often an astrologer with phony calculations
Deceives the owner of beauty

٨. كَم غَرَّ صاحِبَةَ الجَما
لِ مُنَجَّمٌ بِحِسابِ جُمَّل