ما طلبْنا الخمولَ جهلاً ولكنْ

ما طلبْنا الخمولَ جهلاً ولكنْ

ذاكَ عن خبرةٍ وعنْ تجريبِ

ذاكَ عن خبرةٍ وعنْ تجريبِ

We did not seek obscurity out of ignorance, but

We did not seek out idleness through ignorance, but rather

That came from experience and trial.

That was from experience and from experimentation

لو أمنَّا الزحامَ فيه لكُنَّا

لو أمنَّا الزحامَ فيه لكُنَّا

نشتهيهِ لصاحبٍ وحبيبِ

نشتهيهِ لصاحبٍ وحبيبِ

If we were safe from crowding in it, we would

If we believed the crowds in it, we would have

Wish it for a friend and a beloved.

Wished it upon a friend and a beloved