قالوا شبابُكَ قد ولَّى فقلتُ لهُمْ

هل من جَديدٍ على كرِّ الجَديدينِ

They said your youth has passed, so I replied:

Is there anything new with the passing of time?

صِلْ من هَوَيتَ وإنْ أبدى مُعاتَبةً

فأَطيبُ العيشِ وصْلٌ بينَ إِلفينِ

Reconcile with those you love, even if they reproach you,

For the sweetest life is to reunite with an old friend.

وأقْطَعْ حَبَائلَ خلٍّ لا تُلائمُهُ

فربَّما ضاقَتِ الدُّنيا على اثْنينِ

And cut off ties with those who no longer get along,

For the world can barely contain two incompatible souls.