1. دُنيا الفَتى هَذِهِ عَدُوٌّ

    تَفريهِ عَمداً بِمُنصُلَيها

    This world is a young man's enemy,

    deliberately rending him with its two blades.

  2. غِناهُ فيها عَنِ الغَواني

    أَجمَلُ مِن فَقرِهِ إِلَيها

    His independence here from beautiful women

    is finer than his dependence on them.

  3. وَصَبرُهُ في الشَبابِ عَنها

    أَيسَرُ مِن صَبرِهِ عَلَيها

    And his abstinence from them in youth

    is easier than his endurance of them.