1. The owner of seventy and the decade has not passed
Is not closer than one shaped by fate
١. وَما صاحِبُ السَبعينَ وَالعَشرِ بَعدَها
بِأَقرَبَ مِمَّن حَنَّكَتهُ القَوابِلُ
2. But a young man hopes for aspirations
Among them for the hopeful is truth and falsehood
٢. وَلَكِنَّ آمالاً يُؤَمِّلُها الفَتى
وَفيهِنَّ لِلراجينَ حَقٌّ وَباطِلُ