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Tell those who weep over faded lines,

قل لمن يبكي على رسم درس

1. Tell those who weep over faded lines,
Standing, what harm if they had sat?

١. قُل لِمَن يَبكي عَلى رَسمٍ دَرَس
واقِفاً ما ضَرَّ لَو كانَ جَلَس

2. Leave the pasture and turn aside,
And become like embers that gleam and blaze.

٢. اِترُكِ الرَبعَ وَسَلمى جانِباً
وَاِصطَبِح كَرخِيَّةً مِثلَ القَبَس

3. Time's daughter was shunned in her low estate
And flung away every mote and stain.

٣. بِنتُ دَهرٍ هُجِرَت في دَنِّها
وَرَمَت كُلَّ قَذاةٍ وَدَنَس

4. Like the blood in the entrails when tasted
By one who sipped it and pulled a face.

٤. كَدَمِ الجَوفِ إِذا ما ذاقَها
شارِبٌ قَطَّبَ مِنها وَعَبَس