دَعْ ذا فما عُذرُ الفَتى

في غَيِّه والفَودُ شائِبْ

Leave him be, the youth is not at fault

In his folly, though his cheek be flecked with grey,

والأرْيَحِيَّةُ تمنعُ ال

كُرماءَ أن يَغْشُوا المعايِبْ

And virtue guards the noble from concealing

Their failings, though the foolish disobey,

والجهلُ يأبى أن يكو

ن لهُ أخو الستّين صاحِبْ

Ignorance refuses to take as kin

One sixty years his elder and his mate.

في غَيِّه والفَودُ شائِبْ

والأرْيَحِيَّةُ تمنعُ ال

In his folly, though his cheek be flecked with grey,

And virtue guards the noble from concealing

كُرماءَ أن يَغْشُوا المعايِبْ

والجهلُ يأبى أن يكو

Their failings, though the foolish disobey,

Ignorance refuses to take as kin

ن لهُ أخو الستّين صاحِبْ

One sixty years his elder and his mate.