قُل لِلَّذي تَبع الغِواية وَالهَوى

قُل لِلَّذي تَبع الغِواية وَالهَوى

كَهلاً وَشَيخاً في زَمان صَباءِ

كَهلاً وَشَيخاً في زَمان صَباءِ

Say to the one who followed error and desire,

Say to him who followed waywardness and desire,

Through maturity and old age, in a season of youthful passion:

In middle age and old age, in a time of youthful infatuation:

أَلقيت جَوهرة الفُؤاد وَأَنَّها

أَلقيت جَوهرة الفُؤاد وَأَنَّها

لَثَمينة بِقمامة الأَهواءِ

لَثَمينة بِقمامة الأَهواءِ

You cast away the jewel of the heart, though surely

You cast the jewel of the heart—though it

It is precious, into the refuse heap of passions.

Is indeed precious—into the refuse of passions.