إِلى غَيرِ الأَنامِ يُحتَبَلُ الفَتى

إِلى غَيرِ الأَنامِ يُحتَبَلُ الفَتى

وَإِن كانَ شَهماً في العَشيرَةِ أَروَعا

وَإِن كانَ شَهماً في العَشيرَةِ أَروَعا

The young man falls prey to something other than humankind,

The young man aspires beyond others’ gaze—

Even if he is gallant and imposing among his clan.

Though of noble stock, still nobler yearns to raise.

وَكُلُّ جَديدٍ سَوفَ يَخلُقُ حُسنهُ

وَكُلُّ جَديدٍ سَوفَ يَخلُقُ حُسنهُ

وَما لَم يُوَدَّع مِثلَ ما كانَ وَدَّعا

وَما لَم يُوَدَّع مِثلَ ما كانَ وَدَّعا

And every new thing's beauty will wear away;

All things novel forge their beauty by degrees;

And what has not yet been bid farewell to is like what he has already bid farewell to.

Farewells once said, like things now left, the most heart weighs.