تَقييدُ نفسِكَ بِالأَغيارِ مَضيَعَةٌ

تَقييدُ نفسِكَ بِالأَغيارِ مَضيَعَةٌ

للعُمرِ فَاترُك أَخي التَقييدَ بِالناسِ

للعُمرِ فَاترُك أَخي التَقييدَ بِالناسِ

To bind yourself to others is a squandering

Binding yourself to others is a waste

of life; so, my brother, cast off bondage to people.

of life; so, my brother, give up binding yourself to people.

فَلَن تَرى غَيرَ خَتّالٍ أَخا خُدَعٍ

فَلَن تَرى غَيرَ خَتّالٍ أَخا خُدَعٍ

يُريك مَمضى الهَوى في غشِّ خَنّاسِ

يُريك مَمضى الهَوى في غشِّ خَنّاسِ

For you will find none but a guileful trickster, a confederate of deceits,

For you will see none but a treacherous deceiver, a master of tricks,

showing you the path of desire through the wiles of a skulking tempter.

who shows you love’s course with a skulking deceiver’s guile.