حَسبُ الفَتى مِن ذُنوبٍ وَصفُهُ رَجُلاً

حَسبُ الفَتى مِن ذُنوبٍ وَصفُهُ رَجُلاً

بِالخَيرِ وَهوَ عَلى ضِدِّ الَّذي يَصِفُ

بِالخَيرِ وَهوَ عَلى ضِدِّ الَّذي يَصِفُ

It is sin enough for a young man to describe a man

A man's worth lies not in sins described,

as good, though he is the opposite of what he is said to be.

While portraying him as virtuous, though he's otherwise inclined.

وَقَد خَبِرتُ بَني الدُنيا فَلَيتَهُمُ

وَقَد خَبِرتُ بَني الدُنيا فَلَيتَهُمُ

أَو لَيتَني حَمَلَتني عَنهُمُ العُصُفُ

أَو لَيتَني حَمَلَتني عَنهُمُ العُصُفُ

And I have come to know the children of this world; would that they were gone,

I've known the folk of this world - would they were not,

or that the gusting winds had carried me away from them.

Or I'd been blown far from them by the winds aloft.

فَظالِمٌ آخِذٌ ما لا يَحِلُّ لَهُ

فَظالِمٌ آخِذٌ ما لا يَحِلُّ لَهُ

وَمُنصِفٌ ظَلَّ فيهِم لَيسَ يَنتَصِفُ

وَمُنصِفٌ ظَلَّ فيهِم لَيسَ يَنتَصِفُ

For an oppressor takes what is not lawful for him,

For the oppressor seizes what isn't his by right,

and a just man remains among them, yet obtains no justice.

While the just man among them remains oppressed despite his might.