الفرقُ بين القديمِ الذاتِ والحدثِ

يبينُ للمنكر المحجوبِ في الجدثِ

The difference between the old self and the new

Shows the denier obscured in the grave

فاصبر عليه ولا تحفلْ بصولَتِه

ما دام في عالمِ التقييد بالخبثِ

So be patient with him and don't mind his clamor

As long as he is in the world of filth and sin

الدهرُ ينقله لو كان يعقلُه

لي اسم شيخٍ من اسم الكهلِ والحَدَث

Time would make him understand if he could

The name of an old man from the name of youth and adolescence

هذي شبيبته هذي كهولته

هذا هو الهرم ما ينفك عن حدث

This is his youth, this is his maturity

This is old age, inseparable from renewal

فما ترى طيباً يلذُّ مطعمه

ألا ترى ضدَّه المنعوتَ بالخبثِ

So you don't see anything good that has a pleasant taste

Unless you see its opposite described as rotten

أين الحبائبُ من جمع الإناث من الذُّ

كران إذا جمعوا لحناً على خبث

Where are the loved ones, the gathering of females and males

When they gather in song on indecency

فليس ثَم سوى فرق يبينه

ما قلته فاسترح فيه أو اكترث

So there is no difference except what I told you

So find peace in it or be concerned