دَعْ ذا فما عُذرُ الفَتى

دَعْ ذا فما عُذرُ الفَتى

في غَيِّه والفَودُ شائِبْ

في غَيِّه والفَودُ شائِبْ

Leave this aside—what excuse has a man

Leave him be, the youth is not at fault

for his waywardness, when his temple hair is gray?

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

والأرْيَحِيَّةُ تمنعُ ال

والأرْيَحِيَّةُ تمنعُ ال

كُرماءَ أن يَغْشُوا المعايِبْ

كُرماءَ أن يَغْشُوا المعايِبْ

And generosity of spirit keeps the

And virtue guards the noble from concealing

generous from committing shameful deeds.

Their failings, though the foolish disobey,

والجهلُ يأبى أن يكو

والجهلُ يأبى أن يكو

ن لهُ أخو الستّين صاحِبْ

ن لهُ أخو الستّين صاحِبْ

And folly refuses to have

Ignorance refuses to take as kin

a man of sixty as its companion.

One sixty years his elder and his mate.

في غَيِّه والفَودُ شائِبْ

في غَيِّه والفَودُ شائِبْ

والأرْيَحِيَّةُ تمنعُ ال

والأرْيَحِيَّةُ تمنعُ ال

For his waywardness, when his temple hair is gray?

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

And generosity of spirit keeps the

And virtue guards the noble from concealing

كُرماءَ أن يَغْشُوا المعايِبْ

كُرماءَ أن يَغْشُوا المعايِبْ

والجهلُ يأبى أن يكو

والجهلُ يأبى أن يكو

generous from committing shameful deeds.

Their failings, though the foolish disobey,

And folly refuses to have

Ignorance refuses to take as kin

ن لهُ أخو الستّين صاحِبْ

ن لهُ أخو الستّين صاحِبْ

a man of sixty as its companion.

One sixty years his elder and his mate.