أقلِلْ زيارةَ من يُحِبُّكَ

أقلِلْ زيارةَ من يُحِبُّكَ

من خَليطٍ أو تُحِبُّهْ

من خَليطٍ أو تُحِبُّهْ

Visit less often the one who loves you—

Reduce your visits to those who love you,

whether a close companion, or one whom you love.

among companions, or to those you love;

فالغَيْثُ وهو غِياثُ

فالغَيْثُ وهو غِياثُ

الأرضِ يُبرِمُهْمْ مرتّد

الأرضِ يُبرِمُهْمْ مرتّد

For rain, though it is a deliverance

for rain, though it is the succor

to the earth, wearies her when it returns.

of the earth, vexes them when it keeps returning.