غَضِبتَ لِلمَزحِ وَلَم

غَضِبتَ لِلمَزحِ وَلَم

تَنظُر إِلى مَوقِعِهِ

تَنظُر إِلى مَوقِعِهِ

You took offense at the jest, yet did not

consider its proper place.

المَزحُ في مَوضِعِهِ

المَزحُ في مَوضِعِهِ

كَالجَدِّ في مَوضِعِهِ

كَالجَدِّ في مَوضِعِهِ

Jesting, in its proper place,

is like earnestness in its proper place.