مِنَ الحَزمِ أَلا يَرُدَّ الفَتى

مِنَ الحَزمِ أَلا يَرُدَّ الفَتى

عِنانِ الشَبابِ عَنِ الخِندريسِ

عِنانِ الشَبابِ عَنِ الخِندريسِ

It is prudent that a young man not turn

The youth must with wisdom rein his joys

the reins of youth away from aged wine,

And age with kindness should his pains disguise

وَأَن يُكرِمَ الشَيبَ إِن زارَهُ

وَأَن يُكرِمَ الشَيبَ إِن زارَهُ

وَيَستُرَ عَنهُ وُجوهَ الكُؤوسِ

وَيَستُرَ عَنهُ وُجوهَ الكُؤوسِ

and that he honor gray hair if it visits him,

Wine-drinking loses honour when excess

and hide from it the faces of the cups.

Makes man forgetful of his nobleness

فَما خُلطَةُ اللَهوِ مَحمودَةٌ

فَما خُلطَةُ اللَهوِ مَحمودَةٌ

إِذا اِختَلَطَ العاجُ بِالآبَنوسِ

إِذا اِختَلَطَ العاجُ بِالآبَنوسِ

For keeping company with revelry is not praiseworthy

when ivory mingles with ebony.