أَزِل هُمومَ الفُؤادِ وَاِصبِر

أَزِل هُمومَ الفُؤادِ وَاِصبِر

فَإِنَّما قَصرُكَ الإِزالَه

فَإِنَّما قَصرُكَ الإِزالَه

Banish the heart’s cares, and be patient,

Remove the sorrows of my heart and be patient

For your end is nothing but removal.

For it is only your shortcoming that removes them

وَلَيسَ فيمَن تَراهُ خَيرٌ

وَلَيسَ فيمَن تَراهُ خَيرٌ

فَعَدِّهِ وَاِطلُب اِعتِزالَه

فَعَدِّهِ وَاِطلُب اِعتِزالَه

And there is no good in anyone you see,

There is no good in those you see

So pass him by, and seek to withdraw from him.

So count them and seek to avoid them

وَالغَزلُ وَالرَدنُ لِلغَواني

وَالغَزلُ وَالرَدنُ لِلغَواني

شَيئانِ عُدّا مِنَ الجَزالَه

شَيئانِ عُدّا مِنَ الجَزالَه

And spinning and working the spindle, for beautiful women,

Flirtation and amorousness are for the frivolous

Are two things reckoned marks of sound judgment.

Two things considered among the serious matters

وَالشَمسُ غَزّالَةٌ وَلَكِن

وَالشَمسُ غَزّالَةٌ وَلَكِن

خُفِّفَت الزايُ في الغَزالَه

خُفِّفَت الزايُ في الغَزالَه

And the sun is a spinner (ghazzālah), but

The sun is a gazelle but

The z is undoubled in al-ghazālah, ‘the sun.’

The 'z' was softened in 'gazelle'