غَضِبتَ لِلمَزحِ وَلَم

غَضِبتَ لِلمَزحِ وَلَم

تَنظُر إِلى مَوقِعِهِ

تَنظُر إِلى مَوقِعِهِ

You took offense at the jest, yet did not

You grew angry at the jest, and did not

consider its proper place.

look at its setting.

المَزحُ في مَوضِعِهِ

المَزحُ في مَوضِعِهِ

كَالجَدِّ في مَوضِعِهِ

كَالجَدِّ في مَوضِعِهِ

Jesting, in its proper place,

Jesting in its proper place

is like earnestness in its proper place.

is like seriousness in its proper place.