وفي الناس اقذاع ملاهيج بالخنا
متى يبلغ الجدُّ الحفيظةَ يلعبوا
Among people are wicked fools amused by obscenity
When will seriousness reach the cautious mind as they play
ومن لا يكن في صدر أمرٍ ينوبه
كذي العَجُز البالي له حين يذهبُ
He who has no important matter that preoccupies him
Like a decrepit old man when his strength goes
يصل من حبال الغدر فيما ينوبه
بمرمقة يردى بها المتذبذبُ
Ties ropes of betrayal in whatever preoccupies him
With a pretense by which the wavering one becomes depraved
