1. So gather not against time in your hearts bitterness,
For time is the foe of the noble and the magnanimous.
١. فَلا تَجمَعوا لِلدَهرِ في ذاتِ بَينكُم
سَبيلاً فَإِنَّ الدَهرَ خَصمُ المَكارِمِ
2. When people enter such matters as this, by my life,
They enter between a sword and a firm adversary.
٢. فَإِنَّ دُخولَ الناسِ في ذا وَمِثلِهِ
دُخولٌ لَعَمري بَينَ سَيفٍ وَقائِمِ