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Does one's soul grow weary in this youth,

أفي هذا الشباب تعف نفس

1. Does one's soul grow weary in this youth,
And the young man fails to enjoy this bliss?

١. أفي هذا الشباب تعف نفس
ولا يلهى الفتى هذا النعيم

2. Does not this wholesome being call you
While most of us hover in turmoil?

٢. ألا يدعوك للذات صفو
وأكثرنا على كدر يحوم

3. It is as if noble manners are a garden,
And you are its flower and its breeze.

٣. كأن مكارم الأخلاق روض
وأنت الزهر فيه والنسيم

4. Why don't a people take this path,
With religion threading through their customs?

٤. فهلا أختار هذا النهج قوم
خلالُ الدين بينهم رسوم

5. They know not the benefits they have squandered,
Though perhaps the All-Knowing has forgotten.

٥. وما جهلوا فوائد ما أضاعوا
ولكن ربما نسى العليم

6. We have changed, so do not expect good,
Neither for our Creator nor for an uncorrupted heart.

٦. تَغَيَّرنا فلا ظن جميل
بخالقنا ولا قلب سليم

7. It is as if we are the people of Moses,
And you are with us as the persecuted were with the Sublime.

٧. كأنا في التلون قوم موسى
وأنت بنا كما شقى الكليم

8. If we do not accept good manners, then pardon us,
Perhaps this misguidance of ours is longstanding.

٨. فإن لم نرض أخلاقا فعذرا
لعل ضلالنا هذا قديم