إذاif خُلَّةٌa close friend خانتكbetrays you بالغيبin your absence عهدهاher pledge
إذا خُلَّةٌ خانتك بالغيب عهدها
فلاthen do not تجعلنَّmake (emphatic) الحزنَgrief ضربةَa stroke (here, an obligation) لازِبِbinding; unavoidable
فلا تجعلنَّ الحزنَ ضربةَ لازِبِ
If a close friend betrays her pledge to you in your absence,
If a friend betrays you in your absence
Then do not make grief a binding obligation.
Do not let sorrow become a fatal blow
وهبْand suppose أنهاthat she الدنياthis world التيwhich المرءُa man مُوقنٌcertain
وهبْ أنها الدنيا التي المرءُ مُوقنٌ
بفرقتهاof parting from it والمرءُwhile a man فيin شأنthe state of لاعبِone at play
بفرقتها والمرءُ في شأن لاعبِ
And suppose she is this world, which a man knows for certain
Grant that it is this life of which one is certain
He must leave, though he lives as one at play.
Of parting, while people play a trivial game