لاnot يَحسُنُis fitting النُسكُascetic devotion وَالشَبابُand youth
لا يَحسُنُ النُسكُ وَالشَبابُ
وَلاand not البَطالاتُidle pursuits وَالخِضابُand hair dye
وَلا البَطالاتُ وَالخِضابُ
Ascetic devotion and youth do not go well together,
Neither devotion nor youth become piety,
Nor do idle pursuits and dyed hair.
Nor idleness nor dyeing with henna.
كُلُّevery نَعيمٍdelight وَكُلُّand every عَيشway of life
كُلُّ نَعيمٍ وَكُلُّ عَيش
قَبلَbefore الثَلاثينَthirty يُستَطابُis found pleasant
قَبلَ الثَلاثينَ يُستَطابُ
Every delight and every way of life
Every pleasure and every life,
Is found sweet before thirty.
Before thirty, is incomplete.
Sol 6.1