إِنَّ الأُمورَ إِذا الأَحداثُ دبّرها

إِنَّ الأُمورَ إِذا الأَحداثُ دبّرها

دونَ الشُيوخ تَرى في بَعضِها خَللا

دونَ الشُيوخ تَرى في بَعضِها خَللا

Indeed, when the young manage affairs,

When events are handled without the elders' care

Indeed, when affairs are managed by the young

without the elders, you see flaws in some of them.

You'll see some flaw appear here and there

Without the elders, you will witness flaws therein;

إِنَّ الشَباب لَهُم في الأَمرِ معجلَةٌ

إِنَّ الشَباب لَهُم في الأَمرِ معجلَةٌ

وَلِلشُيوخ أَناة تدفع الزللا

وَلِلشُيوخ أَناة تدفع الزللا

Indeed, the young are hasty in their affairs,

The youth are hasty when it comes to affairs

For the youth are possessed of haste in their dealings,

and the elders have patience that wards off missteps.

While elders have prudence that faults repairs

While elders have a deliberation that wards off error.